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In which country do you currently reside? (Optional)
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Which of the following best describes how you think of yourself? (optional)
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To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement: -- My contributions to Wikimedia are challenged or reverted inappropriately.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement: -- Other Wikimedians properly recognize good contributors.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement: -- Wikimedians are free to experiment and try new ideas.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement, including all Wikimedia projects, organizations or offline activities: -- People are sincerely interested in supporting each other.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement, including all Wikimedia projects, organizations or offline activities: -- People are committed to building long lasting cooperative relationships.
Forty-three percent of all participants indicated they agree or stongly agree people are interested in building long lasting cooperative relationships.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement, including all Wikimedia projects, organizations or offline activities: -- People can be hyper competitive and see others as adversaries, seeing conflict as a battle to win at any cost.
Forty-eight percent of all participants agree or strongly agree that people can be hyper competetive and see others as adversaries, seeing conflict as a battle to win at any cost.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement, including all Wikimedia projects, organizations or offline activities: -- Wikimedians with collaborative projects work together well.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement, including all Wikimedia projects, organizations or offline activities: -- Wikimedia contributors are good at reaching out when they need to consult with others.
Fifty-six percent of all participants agree or strongly agree that Wikimedia contributors are good at reaching out when they need to consult with others.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement, including all Wikimedia projects, organizations or offline activities: -- Wikimedia contributors have sufficient freedom to work effectively online.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement: -- People are dedicated to working together to solve problems.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement: -- People are committed to seeking fair solutions that are responsive to the interests of all parties.
Fifty-seven percent of all participants agree or strongly agree that people are committed to seeking fair solutions that are responsive to the interests of all parties.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement: -- People are sincerely willing to talk and negotiate and are able to separate “people issues” from the problems.
Forty-one percent of all participants agree or strongly agree that people are sincerely willing to talk and negotiate and are able to seperate "people issues" from the problems.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement: -- People lack self-awareness and awareness of what motivates others.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement: -- People are aware of their biases and patterns of behavior.
To what agreement do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikipedia movement: -- People are not aware of their own defensiveness to the situation at hand.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following related to the Wikimedia movement: -- People have a difficult time understanding and empathizing with others.
The following community processes are used for dealing with user behavior. To what extent do they need improvement? -- Tools and processes for reporting users
The following community processes are used for dealing with user behavior. To what extent do they need improvement? -- Administrator selection and review processes
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following: -- The Wikimedia Foundation makes it clear that volunteers and partners are key to the success of the movement.
Seventy-eight percent of participants agree or strongly agree that the Wikimedia Foundation makes it clear that volunteers and partners are key to the success of the movement.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following: -- The Wikimedia Foundation communicates well about their projects and initiatives.
From the all the participants who participated in this question, 17% reported that they avoided twitter for more than one day because they felt uncomfortable or unsafe.
19% of all survey participants reported that they have avoided twitter for at least one day in the last month because they felt uncomfortable or unsafe in the space.
During the past month, on how many days have you avoided the following spaces online because you feel uncomfortable or unsafe in the space?--Wikimedia Projects
Of all survey participants, 19% indicated they have avoided another space not listed at least one day in the past month because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable
In the past 12 months, how often have you been sexually harassed on Wikimedia projects or at Wikimedia events, such as sexual remarks made toward you or someone touching your body inappropriately? -- Wikimedia projects (online)
In the past 12 months, how often have you been sexually harassed on Wikimedia projects or at Wikimedia events, such as sexual remarks made toward you or someone touching your body inappropriately? -- Wikimedia events (offline)
In the past six months, how often did you report to the following groups for being harassed or attacked: -- Functionaries (bureaucrats, stewards, arbitrators, users who perform specialized roles and have specialized technical access, etc.)
In the past six months, how often did you report to the following groups for being harassed or attacked: -- Other volunteers (anyone who contributes to Wikimedia)
Overall, how useful was the response you received the last time you reported it to: -- Functionaries (bureaucrats, stewards, arbitrators, users who perform specialized roles and have specialized technical access, etc.)
Of the people who reported harassment or attacks to Wikimedia Foundation staff in the past six months, 77% indicated the response was not at all useful.
Of the people who reported harassment or attacks to chapter or affiliate staff in the past six months, 75% indicated the response was not at all useful.
To what extent was the problem resolved the last time you reported it to: -- Functionaries (bureaucrats, stewards, arbitrators, users who perform specialized roles and have specialized technical access, etc.)
Sixty-one percent of participants indicated that Wikimedia Foundation support was very effective or somewhat effective at keeping individuals in Wikimedia communities safe.
Fifty-three percent of participants indicated that the Wikimedia Foundation support was very effective or somewhat effective at resolving difficult situations between Wikimedia contributors.
Fifty-eight percent of participants indicated that the Wikimedia Foundation support was very effective or somewhat effective at protecting against abusive community members.
From all survey participants, 2006 was the year the commonly reported (11%) in which survey participants began contributing to the Wikimedia movement or its projects.
1 – Your race or ethnicity or because people think you are of a certain race or ethnicity (8%)
2 – Your level of education or what people presume your level of education to be (12%)
3 – Your citizenship status (7%)
4 – Other reason (please specify): (35%)
5 – None of the above (19%)
6 – I do not feel unsafe contributing to Wikimedia. (18%)
7 – Your sexual orientation (for example, being gay, lesbian or bisexual) or how you present your sexual orientation (4%)
8 – Your gender (5%)
9 – How you express your gender (how traditionally “masculine” or “feminine” you are in your appearance or in how you act) (3%)
35% of participants selected "Other reason" and 18% selected "I do not feel unsafe" as the reasons they feel unsafe when contributing to the Wikimedia projects. From the specific reasons, the most often selected was education level or presumed education level (12%)."
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of...--Your race or ethnicity or because people think you are of a certain race or ethnicity
Forty-one percent of survey participants indicated in the past 12 months they have sometimes,often or almost always been attacked because their race or ethnicity.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- Your sexual orientation (for example, being gay, lesbian or bisexual) or how you present your sexual orientation
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- Your gender
Fifty-one percent of survey participants indicated in the past 12 months they have sometimes,often or almost always been attacked because of their gender.
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In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- How you express your gender (how traditionally “masculine” or “feminine” you are in your appearance or in how you act)
Fifty-seven percent of survey participants indicated in the past 12 months they have sometimes,often or almost always been attacked because of how they express their gender.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- Your disability or because people think you have a disability
Most participants (87%), indicated in the past 12 months they have never or rarely been attacked because their disability or people thinking they have a disability.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- You age or because people think you are of a certain age
Forty-one percent of survey participants indicated in the past 12 months they have sometimes,'often or almost always been attacked because their age or because people think they are a certain age.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- Your religion or because people think you are of a certain religion
Fifty-two percent of survey participants indicated in the past 12 months they have sometimes,'often or almost always been attacked because their religion or because people think they are a certain religion.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- Your body type (size, weight, height, etc)
Four of the six (67%) participants who answered this question indicated they have been attacked at least once in the past 12 months because of their body type.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- Your income or economic status
Eighty-four percent (21) of participants who answered this question indicated they have been attacked at least once in the past 12 months because of their economic status.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- Your level of education or what people presume your level of education to be
Fifty-three percent of survey participants indicated in the past 12 months they have sometimes,often or almost always been attacked because of their level of education or percieved level of education.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of... -- Your citizenship status
Forty-one percent of survey participants indicated in the past 12 months they have sometimes,often or almost always been attacked because of their citizenship status.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of...--Other reason (please specify)
Forty-four percent of survey participants indicated in the past 12 months they have sometimes,often or almost always been attacked because of another reason not previously listed.
This question has errors in question design. Specifically that "none of the above" should not be a scale. Please interpret the results with caution.
In the past 12 months, how often have you been attacked (name-calling, threats, etc. directed at you) when contributing to a Wikimedia project because of...-- None of the above
Forty-seven percent of participants indicated that in the past 12 months they have sometimes,often or almost always been bullied or harassed on Wikipedia.
Eighty-eight percent of participants indicated that in the past 12 months they have never been bullied or harassed on another platform other than the ones previously listed.
1 – Make contributions or curate content on any Wikimedia project (e.g. editing) (97%)
2 – Apply for any Wikimedia Foundation grant (e.g. Annual Plan Grants, Project and Event Grants, Rapid Grants, Project grants, Travel and Participation Support Grant) (6%)
4 – Participate in online Wikimedia events (e.g. a remote conference or meet-up) (9%)
5 – Support Mediawiki or Wikimedia software development (e.g. report a bug, test a product, have technical discussions, write software code, build tools) (13%)
6 – Organize community programs or events (e.g. editathons, GLAM, conferences, education program) (11%)
7 – Participate in a Wikimedia affiliate (e.g. Wikimedia chapter, thematic organization, user group) (17%)
8 – Conduct research related to Wikimedia (e.g. worked on a project on meta:research) (5%)
97% of survey participants contributed to Wikimedia projects online.
1 – Advocating to change laws that influence the Wikimedia movement (20%)
2 – Wikimedia movement fundraising efforts (9%)
3 – Partnerships with governments, universities, companies or other organizations (29%)
4 – Technical contributions, including everything from giving feedback, testing, and writing code (25%)
5 – None of the above (49%)
From survey participants, 49% were not strongly interested in any of these areas, while 29% were interested in partnerships, 25% in technical contributions, 20% in advocating to change laws, and 9% in movement fundraising.
Which of the following annual Wikimedia events that were supported by the Wikimedia Foundation have you attended in the last 3 years? (select all that apply)
1 – Wikimania (in Esino Lario, Mexico City, or London) (8%)
2 – Wikimedia Hackathon (in Jerusalem, Lyon, or Zürich) (2%)
3 – Wikimedia Conference (in Berlin) (3%)
4 – Don't know/Not sure (53%)
From the survey participants, 54% was not sure or did not know about these events and 38% did not select any option. Please note that this question was missing "Did not attend any" as an response option.
2 – Any page on Wikimedia projects (e.g. Wikipedia, Commons) (79%)
3 – Phabricator (4%)
4 – Other Social media (specify) (2%)
5 – Facebook (11%)
6 – Twitter (3%)
7 – Other (specify) (6%)
79% of survey participants use any Wikimedia project page, such as village pumps or talk pages, as a communication channel for their Wikimedia work while 18% selected mailing lists and 11% selected Facebook.
To what extent are the following communication channels easy or difficult to use for connecting with people or resources -- Any Wikimedia-related mailing lists
To what extent are the following communication channels easy or difficult to use for connecting with people or resources -- Any page on Wikimedia projects (e.g. Wikipedia, Commons)
Forty-six percent of participants indicated that it is very difficult or difficult to connect with others or resources using any page on Wikimedia projects.
To what extent are the following communication channels easy or difficult to use for connecting with people or resources -- Other Social media (specify)
To what extent are the following channels easy or difficult to use for making progress on any Wikimedia activities? -- Any Wikimedia-related mailing lists
To what extent are the following channels easy or difficult to use for making progress on any Wikimedia activities? -- Any page on Wikimedia projects (e.g. Wikipedia, Commons)
In the last 12 months, about how often did you share anything related to Wikimedia with anyone, using any non-Wikimedia online channel (social media, mailing list, email, etc.)?
Seventy-five percent of participants indicated that in the past 12 months they have shared anything related to Wikimedia on a non-Wikimedia online channel less than once a month.
Thinking back to when you were first learning about Wikimedia, to what extent were each of the following important or not important in helping you get more involved in the Wikimedia movement? -- Online outreach
Thirty-nine percent of participants indicated that online outreach was quite important or very important in helping them get more involved in the Wikimedia movement.
Thinking back to when you were first learning about Wikimedia, to what extent were each of the following important or not important in helping you get more involved in the Wikimedia movement? -- In-person encounter
Sixty-seven percent of participants indicated that inperson encounters were not at all important or slightly important in helping them get more involved in the Wikimedia movement.
Thinking back to when you were first learning about Wikimedia, to what extent were each of the following important or not important in helping you get more involved in the Wikimedia movement? -- Talk page messages
Fifty-eight percent of participants indicated that talk page messages were very important or quite important in helping them get more involved in the Wikimedia movement.
Thinking back to when you were first learning about Wikimedia, to what extent were each of the following important or not important in helping you get more involved in the Wikimedia movement? -- Social media
Sixty-eight percent of participants indicated that social media was not at all important or slightly important in helping them get more involved in the Wikimedia movement.
Thinking back to when you were first learning about Wikimedia, to what extent were each of the following important or not important in helping you get more involved in the Wikimedia movement? -- Other (please explain)
6 – Social media channels (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) (15%)
7 – Wikimedia Foundation blog (6%)
8 – Other (specify) (5%)
9 – None of the above (36%)
50% of survey respondents use any Wikimedia project page, such as a talk page or village pump, while 36% don't use any of these options to find out about new Wikimedia features and services from the Wikimedia Foundation.
To what extent do you agree/disagree with the following statements: -- I feel I am consulted sufficiently by the Wikimedia Foundation in decisions, through surveys, consultations or other means
We are considering the idea of offering pre-paid credit cards where conference participants are able to book their own travel. The WMF would continue to provide the same support in all other travel matters. Would you prefer receiving a pre-paid credit card rather than the WMF booking travel for you?
Eighty-two percent of participants strongly agree or agree that the Wikipedia Zero program helps increase the number of Wikipedia readers in countries where the program is active.
76% percent of participants strongly agree or agree that the Wikipedia Zero program builds awareness of Wikipedia in countries where a partnership is active and partners are promoting the service. 32% of participants who answered the question selected "no opinion".
Fifty-one percent of participants strongly disagree or disagree that people in their country understand that the name "Wikipedia Zero" indicates that access to Wikipedia is free.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
Changing the name "Wikipedia Zero" to something like "Wikipedia Free" or "For-free-Wikipedia" would make it clearer that Wikipedia can be accessed without data charges
Sixty-three percent of participants strongly agree or agree that changing the name "Wikipedia Zero" to something like "Wikipedia Free" or "For-Free Wikipedia" would make it clearer that Wikipedia can be accessed without data charges.
When you have something you want to share related to your Wikimedia projects (e.g. editing, software, contests), where are you most likely to share it? Select all that apply
Approximately equal numbers of respondents (37% and 36% respectively) indicated that they were not at all or slightly and mostly or completely familiar with the policy area censorship.
88% of survey participants think that access to knowledge is an important policy area, 65% think that copyright is important, 41% think that censorship is important, 40% think that privacy is important, and 19% think that intermediary liability is important.
