[WikiEN-l] Announcement: Survey study on the categorization of contributors to Wikipedia

Bob the Wikipedian bobthewikipedian at gmail.com
Fri Feb 18 08:26:59 UTC 2011


The first survey's fine. :-) I'm merely suggesting you put out a second 
survey once this one's harvested. The second survey, of course, would 
focus more on exploring what we like about anonymity, as you've 
indicated you're seeing that unexpected trend.

Sorry for the confusion!

God bless,
Bob

On 2/17/2011 10:41 AM, Jeroen Kleijn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. Do you mean that you are waiting on a new
> URL of the survey? I have edited the
> currenct survey so the URL given in my first email is still correct. Do
> I need to post the full message again before publishing (on the list), or
> will this be done by the moderators of the list?
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience, but maybe I misunderstood?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeroen Kleijn
>
> Op 17-02-11 16:44, Bob the Wikipedian schreef:
>> Mr. Kleijn--
>>
>> Sounds like a followup survey's in order, then, and I'd be more than
>> willing to participate.
>>
>> I won't hold the question's format against you-- questionnaires are very
>> difficult to write without leading the questionnee.
>>
>> God bless,
>> Bob
>>
>> On 2/17/2011 6:44 AM, Jeroen Kleijn wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> At first: thank you for replying.
>>>
>>> I've checked the grammar of the survey and made some corrections in the
>>> introduction. Although I can't see any grammar errors
>>> in the questions. Concerning your second point about vandalism I agree.
>>> The results (I've launched the survey last sunday) show that most of the
>>> respondents
>>> say that anonimity is not a problem but Wikipedia's greatest strength.
>>> But I'm still curious about this topic and would like to check it.
>>>
>>> Therefore, I hope that I could run the survey on the WikiEN list.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jeroen Kleijn
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>>     I'm a Master student and currently busy with my thesis concerning
>>>>     Wikipedia. This survey is part of a Master Thesis research project which
>>>>     investigates the effects of the increasing participation at reliability of
>>>>     Wikipedia. The survey is designed to collect information that will
>>>>     help me to identify the contributors to Wikipedia.
>>>>
>>>>     I would like to invite you to answer my online survey, which is available
>>>>     at:
>>>>
>>>>     http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=ag5flewr68z06ay867574
>>>>
>>>>     To be eligible for this investigation you should be an user of Wikipedia
>>>>     who has contributed to the website by creating or editing an article.
>>>>     The questionnaire will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. To
>>>>     allow for reliable results, I hope that as many contributors as possible
>>>>     complete
>>>>     the questionnaire. You would especially help me if you could link to the
>>>>     questionnaire or forward this e-mail to people who don't regularly read
>>>>     this list.
>>>>
>>>>     Your support would be greatly appreciated!
>>>>
>>>>     With regards,
>>>>
>>>>     Jeroen Kleijn
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Op 14-02-11 11:29, michael west schreef:
>>>> On 13 February 2011 16:47, Jeroen Kleijn<jeroenkleyn at gmail.com>     wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a Master student and currently busy with my thesis concerning
>>>>> Wikipedia. This survey is part of a Master Thesis research project that
>>>>> investigates the effects of the increasing participation at reliability of
>>>>> Wikipedia. The survey is designed to collect information that will
>>>>> help me to identify the contributors to Wikipedia.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to invite you to answer my online survey, which is available
>>>>> at:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=ag5flewr68z06ay867574
>>>>>
>>>>> To be eligible for this investigation you should be an user of Wikipedia
>>>>> who has contributed to the website by creating or editing an article.
>>>>> The questionnaire will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. To
>>>>> allow for reliable results, I hope that as many contributors as possible
>>>>> complete
>>>>> the questionnaire. You would especially help me if you could link to the
>>>>> questionnaire or forward this e-mail to people who don't regularly read
>>>>> this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your support would be greatly appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> With regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeroen Kleijn
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Check your grammar on the survey. and in terms of the question relating to
>>>> anonymity and vandalism, most editors will not describe it as a problem.
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