John Collison wrote:
<snip> Q1: How long have you been editing wikipedia? A:
Since September 2003.
Q2: How many hours per week do you spend on wikipedia? A:
Let's see...during my school holidays, I spend about 8 to 14 hours online; during ordinary days, I guess it's about eight hours. Of my online time, I'd say about 60% is devoted to Wikipedia.
Q3: Do you write professionally? A:
No, but that sounds like fun.
Q4: What is your current employement? A:
Student.
Q5: Why do you work on wikipedia for nothing when you could be paid to write elsewhere? A:
For the fun of it.
Q6: If people were paid to work on Wikipedia, would you stay or would you devote your time to something else? A:
Why wouldn't I stay?
Q7: Do you think people should be paid to work on wikipedia? A:
Well, we can all dream, but...no. At least not till Bill Gates starts financing the Wikimedia Foundation.
Q8: Do you think developers should be paid? A:
See above.
Q9: Do you think reward schemes and competitions (like Danny's contest) on a small scale to get people to write more, better etc. should be used on wikipedia? A:
Hell yes.
Note: You can answer yes to as many of the following questions as you like.
Q10: Do you work on wikipedia for the enjoyement of seeing your work online? A:
Yes.
Q11: Do you work on wikipedia for the satisfaction that you have created something good and it can be used by others? A:
Yes.
Q12:Do you work on wikipedia because it you enjoy interacting with others? A:
If you mean interacting in general, no. If you mean interacting as in interacting online, to a certain extent, yes.
Q13: Do you edit wikipedia for any reasons other than the ones mentioned above also? A:
I just find writing fun.
Thanks for your time.
John Collison (Ludraman)
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])