[WikiEN-l] Where are the basic demographics on contributors?

[Carl Beckhorn]

I'm very glad to see that this data has been collected, and think it's 
an important step forward towards the professionalization of Wikimedia.

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:23:23PM -0700, Jonas Rand wrote:
> I don't want to seem rude, but I don't think that anyone cares about the 
> demographics of Wikipedia. It doesn't matter.

It obviously matters to the Foundation for strategic planning, editor 
recruitment, and so on.  

As a more concrete example, information on the geographic distribution 
and income distribution of contriutors would make it possible to plan 
Wikimania locations in a more intentional manner.  Assuming, of course, 
that a goal of Wikimania is to encourage participation by contributors 
to Wikimedia projects.

 - Carl