[Foundation-l] Surveys

Tue Oct 2 21:33:33 UTC 2007

on 10/2/07 11:49 AM, Debbie Garside at debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk wrote:

> Hi Mark
> 
> I think it is an excellent idea and will give people an opportunity to have
> their say and also, perhaps, to understand misconceptions from newbies (like
> me).
> 
> If you can put a draft together of the sort of questions you think you would
> like to ask I would happily work with you form that point onwards.  As to
> actually getting an online survey going with links from Wiki sites, it is
> relatively easy as we can use something like Survey Monkey
> www.surveymonkey.com.  It is dead simple to use and produces base table
> analysis and some more in-depth cross-tabulations too (I think).  The cost
> of Survey Monkey is dependant on the number of surveys completed and whether
> subscription is monthly (approx £10 I think) or annually (£100 ish).  So
> quite within a Wikimedia budget I would think.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Debbie

Thank you, Debbie. I'll be in touch again soon to discuss it in more detail.

Marc

> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
>> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf
>> Of Marc Riddell
>> Sent: 02 October 2007 14:28
>> To: debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Surveys
>> 
>> on 10/1/07 4:34 PM, Debbie Garside at debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk wrote:
>> 
>>> OK... Forget the question :-)  I just realised there were
>> another 30
>>> emails above the one I responded to ;-)
>>> 
>> Thank you for responding, Debbie. What I am interested in,
>> generally, is the state of online collaboration and community
>> building; and I am particularly wanting to study
>> interpersonal dynamics, conflict resolution and identity
>> within the Foundation's projects. In other words, I would
>> like to take a Project's emotional temperature.
>> 
>> In the English Wikipedia, for example, there are those on the
>> Mailing List who say, we're fine, the culture's fine - don't
>> mess with it.
>> 
>> However, there are also enough posts from persons who say
>> they are feeling abused, ignored, and not being treated
>> fairly in the Project. And, when these persons do post, they
>> are usually portrayed as whiners, malcontents, and as persons
>> who "need to get with the program".
>> 
>> In short, people simply don't seem to know how to talk with
>> each other without being extremely defensive, or grossly
>> offensive. This severely inhibits and degrades the quality of
>> collaboration.
>> 
>> I have some ideas on how to improve some of this, but first I
>> would like to conduct an honest, objective survey to see if
>> this is simply my imagination, or is actually a true picture
>> of the state of things.
>> 
>> My field is Clinical Psychology. I could assist in analyzing
>> such a survey, but I am not schooled or experienced in
>> actually creating one.
>> 
>> My thoughts are to present the findings to the Foundation
>> itself. There is plenty of time to work within here. I would
>> like to do this right. I welcome your input.
>> 
>> Marc Riddell
>> 
>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On
>> Behalf Of Debbie
>>>> Garside
>>>> Sent: 01 October 2007 19:34
>>>> To: 'Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List'
>>>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Surveys
>>>> 
>>>> Hi
>>>> 
>>>> By survey can you clarify what you mean please?  I do have quite a
>>>> lot of experience in both designing, implementing and analysing
>>>> survey data - most recently conducting an online survey for an ISO
>>>> TC.
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards
>>>> 
>>>> Debbie
>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
>>>>> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf
>>>> Of Casey
>>>>> Brown
>>>>> Sent: 29 September 2007 13:59
>>>>> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Surveys
>>>>> 
>>>>> I believe there are currently some attempts at creating
>> surveys by
>>>>> individual community members, but I don't think anything
>> on a large
>>>>> scale has been done yet.  This is definitely something that a few
>>>>> (most?) people would like to see done, to just get a
>> better idea of
>>>>> who uses or edits the site.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/29/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Has any type of survey of individual Community Members ever
>>>>> been taken
>>>>>> on any online Foundation project?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If there has, what were the mechanics involved in taking
>>>>> it? If not,
>>>>>> would conducting such a survey be possible?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am somewhat computer-challenged, so please be gentle :-).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Marc Riddell
>> 
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