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Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

Data by Foundation Team

Communications Community Engagement Community Tech Editors Fundraising Global Reach Learning and Evaluation Legal Programs Readers Support and Safety Technical Collaborations Travel

Key Findings from the Technical Collaboration team[edit]

To be filled in by the Technical Collaboration team

Which were your team's most important research questions?

To be honest, many questions that looked very important a year ago seem less important now. We wanted to map the developer and tech-savvy community and many questions were devoted to that.

To what extent were these questions answered?

We didn't think that such mapping would only work with very high response rates, which we missed. There was also a problem that we did not plan for: answers from volunteer and professional developers were all mixed. We were looking for volunteers' opinions only.

Therefore, we didn't get many reliable answers to our questions.

What additional analyses does your team need?

None based on this CE Insights round.

Which questions surprised your team?

No big surprises.

It was good to confirm that the majority of tech respondents have heard about the Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces, and many of them were aware of related discussions. The answers related to community friendliness, respect, diversity and being welcoming are... interesting. They depict an overall friendly community but with little variations. Of course, this is a self-reflection and is therefore biased.

The opinions about "The Wikimedia Foundation collaborates well with volunteer developers to build software" were relatively diverse. It would have been interesting to know whether the answers among volunteers and professionals were very different, and the motivations of the respondents with more extreme opinions.

It was interesting to see that developers are mission driven, free software driven, and willing to help editors while learning and helping themselves. The interest in helping readers was lower.

Developers seem to be quite satisfied about the software developed by the Wikimedia Foundation. It would have been interesting to have the same question asked to everybody, to check whether different profiles had different opinions.

How does your team you plan to use the data?

These are the areas where the results of this survey should contribute to better plans:

  • Communication channels to inform about software products and development updates.
  • Types of software news to be promoted.
  • Need for translation glossaries.
  • Involvement of developers in events via online channels, before and during the events.


What survey questions would your team like to ask next time?

A new iteration to decide the new questions was performed during Autumn 2017.

Technical Collaboration team report[edit]

Editors[edit]

Question 219 (TC15)[edit]

Over the last 12 months, in which of the following ways have you contributed to Wikimedia or Mediawiki software projects? Select all that apply.

Participants could select more than one option

7% did not select an option [?]


1 – Create software related to Wikimedia (21%)
2 – Help test new Wikimedia Foundation products (32%)
3 – Help document Wikimedia Foundation software products (15%)
4 – Submit bugs related to Wikimedia Foundation products through phabricator (44%)
5 – Use Wikimedia projects and products (72%)
6 – Other (specify): (12%)
From survey participants who have participated in developing software, 44% reported submitting bugs, 32% reported testing software, and 72% reported being users of Wikimedia projects.


Question 220 (TC45)[edit]

In the last 12 months, have you helped translate anything about new Wikimedia software into different languages?


Median = 0

1 – No (77%)
2 – Yes (23%)
23% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported having helped translate anything about new Wikimedia software into different languages.


Question 221.01 (TC46)[edit]

When you helped to translate, to what extent was it easy or difficult to find the following information? - Availability of new translations


Median = 3

19% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very difficult (7%)
2 – Difficult (19%)
3 – Neither difficult nor easy (27%)
4 – Easy (29%)
5 – Very easy (19%)
48% of sampled editors who responded to this question reported that when they translate they find it easy or very easy to find the availability of new translations. 19% of those who answered the question selected "no opinion".


Question 221.02 (TC46)[edit]

When you helped to translate, to what extent was it easy or difficult to find the following information? - Translations to update


Median = 4

18% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very difficult (4%)
2 – Difficult (23%)
3 – Neither difficult nor easy (23%)
4 – Easy (39%)
5 – Very easy (12%)
51% of sampled editors who responded to this question reported that when they translate they find it easy or very easy to find translations to update. 18% of those who answered the question selected "no opinion".


Question 221.03 (TC46)[edit]

When you helped to translate, to what extent was it easy or difficult to find the following information? - Progression status for a translation


Median = 3.5

21% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very difficult (4%)
2 – Difficult (14%)
3 – Neither difficult nor easy (32%)
4 – Easy (33%)
5 – Very easy (17%)
50% of sampled editors who responded to this question reported that when they translate they find it easy or very easy to find progression status for a translation. 21% of those who answered the question selected "no opinion".


Question 221.04 (TC46)[edit]

When you helped to translate, to what extent was it easy or difficult to find the following information? - Priority of different translations


Median = 3

24% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very difficult (15%)
2 – Difficult (19%)
3 – Neither difficult nor easy (35%)
4 – Easy (21%)
5 – Very easy (10%)
31% of sampled editors who responded to this question reported that when they translate they find it easy or very easy to find the priority of different translations. 24% of those who answered the question selected "no opinion".


Question 222 (TC47)[edit]

When you help with translation, which of the following do you lack in order to translate comfortably? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

18% did not select an option [?]


1 – Definition of terms (46%)
2 – Context for a specific translation (35%)
3 – Use of the product (16%)
4 – Suggested translation (26%)
5 – Other (specify) (15%)
46% of participants selected that they lack definition of terms to translate comfortably.


Question 224 (TC41)[edit]

In which of the following ways do you receive updates and news about WMF software development? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

3% did not select an option [?]


1 – Meta:Tech/News (21%)
2 – Wikimedia Foundation mailing lists (16%)
3 – Wikimedia news (Signpost/Kurier/RAW) (17%)
4 – Wikimedia Foundation product newsletters (Visual editor/Discovery weekly) (8%)
5 – Community pages/Village pump on wikimedia project (43%)
6 – Wikimedia Blog (11%)
7 – Tech blogs and websites outside of Wikimedia Foundation (18%)
8 – Social networks (16%)
9 – Other (4%)
10 – I don’t receive these updates (30%)
11 – Wikitech mailing list (7%)
12 – Phabricator (8%)
43% of participants selected receiving updates about WMF software on community pages/village pumps, and 30% selected that they do not receive these updates.


Question 225 (TC42)[edit]

This question has a known error

The data may need to be filtered based on responses to Question 224

Which of the following channels do you prefer to receive updates and news about WMF software development? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

2% did not select an option [?]


1 – Meta:Tech/News (20%)
2 – Wikimedia Foundation mailing lists (21%)
3 – Wikimedia news (Signpost/Kurier/RAW) (18%)
4 – Wikimedia Foundation product newsletters (Visual editor/Discovery weekly) (10%)
5 – Community pages/Village pump on wikimedia project (39%)
6 – Wikimedia Blog (11%)
7 – Tech blogs and websites outside of Wikimedia Foundation (6%)
8 – Social networks (17%)
9 – Other (4%)
10 – I don’t receive these updates (25%)
11 – Wikitech mailing list (7%)
12 – Phabricator (5%)
From the survey participants, 39% prefer to receive updates on community pages/village pumps and 25% do not receive these updates.


Question 226 (TC43)[edit]

Which are the most important announcements you are interested in hearing about? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

6% did not select an option [?]


1 – Announcements of new project ideas (61%)
2 – Design reviews (30%)
3 – First prototypes to test (29%)
4 – Beta features (54%)
5 – Deployment plans (37%)
6 – New releases for products (42%)
7 – Products updates (47%)
8 – Testing sessions (24%)
From survey paticipants, 61% selected wanting to hear about announcements of new project ideas and 54% selected wanting to hear about beta features.


Question links[edit]


Technical contributors[edit]

Question 517 (TC55)[edit]

Which of the following Wikimedia Foundation supported projects have you heard about (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

0% did not select an option [?]


1 – Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces (77%)
2 – Technical Collaboration Guideline (39%)
3 – Community Wishlist (82%)
4 – Google Summer of Code (90%)
5 – Outreachy (46%)
6 – Google Code-in (55%)
7 – Wikimedia developer events (e.g. Wikimania or Wikimedia Hackathons) (92%)
8 – Tech News (69%)
9 – VisualEditor newsletter (51%)
10 – Discovery weekly (35%)
11 – Collaboration team newsletter (24%)
12 – Trello (4%)
13 – IRC (55%)
14 – Other (specify): (8%)
15 – Gerrit (38%)
16 – Wikitech (30%)
17 – Tool Labs (41%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the four Foundation supported projects that technical contributors reported being aware about were Wikimedia developer events (92%), Google summer of code (90%), Community wishlist (82%), and Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces (77%). The projects that technical contributors were least aware about were Trello (4%), Collaboration team newsletter (24%), and Wikitech (16%).


Question 518 (TC16)[edit]

Which of the following channels do you prefer for participating in Wikimedia software development? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

4% did not select an option [?]


1 – Phabricator (75%)
2 – MediaWiki Wiki pages (63%)
3 – Other wikis pages (Meta, Wikipedias....) (37%)
4 – Mailing lists (63%)
5 – Facebook (7%)
6 – Twitter (11%)
7 – Slack (11%)
8 – GitHub (51%)
9 – Messenger (3%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the four channels that were reported most often for participating in Wikimedia software development were Phabricator (73%), Mediawiki wiki pages (63%), mailing lists (63%), and github (51%).


Question 519.01 (TC17)[edit]

To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Phabricator


Median = 5

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (4%)
3 – Moderately (4%)
4 – Mostly (38%)
5 – Completely (55%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question 93% reported they find phabricator mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.


Question 519.02 (TC17)[edit]

To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - MediaWiki Wiki pages


Median = 4

2% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (5%)
3 – Moderately (32%)
4 – Mostly (48%)
5 – Completely (16%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question 64% reported they find MediaWiki Wiki pages mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.


Question 519.03 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Other wikis pages (Meta, Wikipedias....)


Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (0%)
3 – Moderately (23%)
4 – Mostly (65%)
5 – Completely (12%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question 77% reported they find Other wikis pages mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.


Question 519.04 (TC17)[edit]

To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Mailing lists


Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (7%)
3 – Moderately (36%)
4 – Mostly (47%)
5 – Completely (11%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question 58% reported they find mailing lists mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.


Question 519.05 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Facebook


Median = 4

20% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (25%)
3 – Moderately (0%)
4 – Mostly (50%)
5 – Completely (25%)


Question 519.06 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Twitter


Median = 3

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (25%)
3 – Moderately (38%)
4 – Mostly (38%)
5 – Completely (0%)


Question 519.07 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Slack


Median = 3.5

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (25%)
3 – Moderately (25%)
4 – Mostly (25%)
5 – Completely (25%)


Question 519.08 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - GitHub


Median = 4

3% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (11%)
3 – Moderately (17%)
4 – Mostly (40%)
5 – Completely (31%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question 71% reported they find Github mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.


Question 519.09 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Messenger


Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (0%)
3 – Moderately (50%)
4 – Mostly (0%)
5 – Completely (50%)


Question 519.1 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Trello


Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (0%)
3 – Moderately (0%)
4 – Mostly (100%)
5 – Completely (0%)


Question 519.11 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - IRC


Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (10%)
3 – Moderately (13%)
4 – Mostly (31%)
5 – Completely (46%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question 77% reported they find IRC mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.


Question 519.12 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Other (specify):


Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (0%)
3 – Moderately (0%)
4 – Mostly (60%)
5 – Completely (40%)


Question 519.13 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Gerrit


Median = 5

1 – Not at all (4%)
2 – Slightly (0%)
3 – Moderately (11%)
4 – Mostly (26%)
5 – Completely (59%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question 85% reported they find Gerrit mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.


Question 519.14 (TC17)[edit]

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Wikitech


Median = 4

5% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (15%)
3 – Moderately (20%)
4 – Mostly (45%)
5 – Completely (20%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question 60% reported they find Wikitech mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.


Question 519.15 (TC17)[edit]

This question has few responses.

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Tool Labs


Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (3%)
3 – Moderately (17%)
4 – Mostly (52%)
5 – Completely (28%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question 80% reported they find IRC mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.


Question 520.01 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Tools using Wikimedia APIs


Median = 3

1 – Never (11%)
2 – Rarely (16%)
3 – Sometimes (37%)
4 – Often (25%)
5 – Almost always (11%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 36% often or almost always focus on tools using the Wikimedia API and 37% reported that they sometimes focus on this activity.


Question 520.02 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Tools using Wikimedia data dumps


Median = 2

1 – Never (32%)
2 – Rarely (30%)
3 – Sometimes (19%)
4 – Often (14%)
5 – Almost always (5%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 62% never or rarely focus on tools using Wikimedia data dumps.


Question 520.03 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Mobile apps


Median = 2

1 – Never (48%)
2 – Rarely (29%)
3 – Sometimes (6%)
4 – Often (8%)
5 – Almost always (8%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 77% never or rarely focus on mobile apps.


Question 520.04 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Templates


Median = 3

1 – Never (13%)
2 – Rarely (16%)
3 – Sometimes (37%)
4 – Often (29%)
5 – Almost always (5%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 63% reported that they sometimes or often focus on templates.


Question 520.05 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Gadgets


Median = 3

1 – Never (33%)
2 – Rarely (15%)
3 – Sometimes (31%)
4 – Often (20%)
5 – Almost always (2%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 51% sometime or often focus on gadgets while 33% never focus on gadgets.


Question 520.06 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Bots


Median = 2

1 – Never (26%)
2 – Rarely (26%)
3 – Sometimes (20%)
4 – Often (20%)
5 – Almost always (8%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 52% never or rarely focus on bots and 48% sometimes, often or almost always focus on bots.


Question 520.07 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Extensions


Median = 2.5

1 – Never (37%)
2 – Rarely (13%)
3 – Sometimes (22%)
4 – Often (12%)
5 – Almost always (17%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 50% never or rarely focus on extensions and 50% sometimes, often or almost always focus on extensions.


Question 520.08 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - MediaWiki core


Median = 2

1 – Never (39%)
2 – Rarely (20%)
3 – Sometimes (15%)
4 – Often (15%)
5 – Almost always (11%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 59% never or rarely focus on Mediawiki core and 41% sometimes, often or almost always focus on Mediawiki core.


Question 520.09 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Analytics


Median = 2

1 – Never (47%)
2 – Rarely (30%)
3 – Sometimes (12%)
4 – Often (8%)
5 – Almost always (3%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 77% never or rarely focus on analytics and 23% sometimes, often or almost always focus on analytics.


Question 520.1 (TC25)[edit]

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Technical operations/System administration


Median = 2

1 – Never (43%)
2 – Rarely (32%)
3 – Sometimes (7%)
4 – Often (10%)
5 – Almost always (8%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 75% never or rarely focus on technical operations/System administration.


Question 521.01 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Programming


Median = 3

1 – 1No experience (6%)
2 – 2Beginner (9%)
3 – 3Intermediate (39%)
4 – 4Advanced (46%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 85% have intermediate to advanced experience with programming.


Question 521.02 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - PHP


Median = 2

1 – 1No experience (22%)
2 – 2Beginner (30%)
3 – 3Intermediate (21%)
4 – 4Advanced (27%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 52% have no experience to beginner experience with PHP and 27% reported having advanced experience with PHP.


Question 521.03 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - JavaScript


Median = 3

1 – 1No experience (13%)
2 – 2Beginner (36%)
3 – 3Intermediate (25%)
4 – 4Advanced (25%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 50% have intermediate to advanced experience with JavaScript and 36% reported having beginner level of experience.


Question 521.04 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Python


Median = 3

2% selected "I dont know what this is" [?]


1 – 1No experience (18%)
2 – 2Beginner (29%)
3 – 3Intermediate (35%)
4 – 4Advanced (17%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 64% have beginner to intermediate experience with python.


Question 521.05 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Lua


Median = 2

5% selected "I dont know what this is" [?]


1 – 1No experience (44%)
2 – 2Beginner (47%)
3 – 3Intermediate (8%)
4 – 4Advanced (2%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 91% have no experience to beginner experience with Lua


Question 521.06 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Java


Median = 2

1 – 1No experience (31%)
2 – 2Beginner (24%)
3 – 3Intermediate (37%)
4 – 4Advanced (7%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 41% have intermediate to advanced experience with Java and 55% reported having no experience and beginner level of experience.


Question 521.07 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Objective-C


Median = 1

2% selected "I dont know what this is" [?]


1 – 1No experience (83%)
2 – 2Beginner (5%)
3 – 3Intermediate (11%)
4 – 4Advanced (2%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 83% have no experience with objective-C.


Question 521.08 (TC24)[edit]

This question has few responses.

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What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Other software language (explain)


Median = 3

12% selected "I dont know what this is" [?]


1 – 1No experience (22%)
2 – 2Beginner (0%)
3 – 3Intermediate (39%)
4 – 4Advanced (39%)
23 technical contributors reported another type of software language they have experience with.


Question 521.09 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - UX design


Median = 2

1 – 1No experience (24%)
2 – 2Beginner (41%)
3 – 3Intermediate (26%)
4 – 4Advanced (9%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 67% have beginner to intermediate experience with UX design


Question 521.1 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Testing


Median = 3

1% selected "I dont know what this is" [?]


1 – 1No experience (11%)
2 – 2Beginner (36%)
3 – 3Intermediate (39%)
4 – 4Advanced (14%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 75% have beginner to intermediate experience with testing.


Question 521.11 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Research & Analytics


Median = 2

1 – 1No experience (30%)
2 – 2Beginner (33%)
3 – 3Intermediate (24%)
4 – 4Advanced (13%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 63% have no experience to beginner experience with research and analytics.


Question 521.12 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Documentation


Median = 3

1 – 1No experience (6%)
2 – 2Beginner (29%)
3 – 3Intermediate (53%)
4 – 4Advanced (12%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 72% have no experience to beginner experience with documentation.


Question 521.13 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Translation


Median = 2

1 – 1No experience (32%)
2 – 2Beginner (26%)
3 – 3Intermediate (22%)
4 – 4Advanced (20%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 58% have no experience to beginner experience with translation.


Question 521.14 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Communications


Median = 2

2% selected "I dont know what this is" [?]


1 – 1No experience (25%)
2 – 2Beginner (30%)
3 – 3Intermediate (30%)
4 – 4Advanced (14%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 60% have beginner to intermediate experience with communications.


Question 521.15 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Project management


Median = 2

2% selected "I dont know what this is" [?]


1 – 1No experience (18%)
2 – 2Beginner (37%)
3 – 3Intermediate (34%)
4 – 4Advanced (11%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 71% have beginner to intermediate experience with project management.


Question 521.16 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Product management


Median = 2

2% selected "I dont know what this is" [?]


1 – 1No experience (30%)
2 – 2Beginner (36%)
3 – 3Intermediate (25%)
4 – 4Advanced (9%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 66% have no experience to beginner experience with product management.


Question 521.17 (TC24)[edit]

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Community management


Median = 2

3% selected "I dont know what this is" [?]


1 – 1No experience (25%)
2 – 2Beginner (37%)
3 – 3Intermediate (29%)
4 – 4Advanced (9%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 66% have beginner to intermediate experience with community management.


Question 522.01 (TC08)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Using Wikimedia APIs

Median = 4

25% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (33%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (11%)
4 – Satisfied (44%)
5 – Very satisfied (11%)


Question 522.02 (TC08)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing tools and hosting them in Wikimedia Labs

Median = 3

30% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (13%)
2 – Dissatisfied (13%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (31%)
4 – Satisfied (31%)
5 – Very satisfied (13%)


Question 522.03 (TC08)[edit]

This question has few responses.

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing bots

Median = 3

43% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (15%)
2 – Dissatisfied (23%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (23%)
4 – Satisfied (31%)
5 – Very satisfied (8%)


Question 522.04 (TC08)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing gadgets

Median = 2

41% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (8%)
2 – Dissatisfied (46%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (23%)
4 – Satisfied (15%)
5 – Very satisfied (8%)


Question 522.05 (TC08)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing templates (including Lua modules)

Median = 3

43% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (8%)
2 – Dissatisfied (33%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (25%)
4 – Satisfied (33%)

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Question 522.06 (TC08)[edit]

To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing MediaWiki extensions

Median = 3

36% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (29%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (29%)
4 – Satisfied (43%)


Question 522.07 (TC08)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Contributing to MediaWiki core

Median = 3

33% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (14%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (57%)
4 – Satisfied (21%)
5 – Very satisfied (7%)


Question 522.08 (TC08)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Contributing to Wikimedia mobile apps

Median = 3

67% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (14%)
2 – Dissatisfied (29%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (57%)


Question 524.01 (TC10)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Search and discover information across Wikimedia projects


Median = 2

36% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (21%)
2 – Dissatisfied (36%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (29%)
4 – Satisfied (14%)


Question 524.02 (TC10)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Account creation


Median = 3

43% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (33%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (33%)
4 – Satisfied (17%)
5 – Very satisfied (17%)


Question 524.04 (TC10)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Notifications


Median = 4

23% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (29%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (18%)
4 – Satisfied (41%)
5 – Very satisfied (12%)


Question 524.05 (TC10)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Wikitext or Flow Talk page discussions


Median = 2.5

36% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (14%)
2 – Dissatisfied (36%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (36%)
4 – Satisfied (14%)


Question 524.06 (TC10)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Content translation


Median = 3.5

62% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (13%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (38%)
4 – Satisfied (38%)
5 – Very satisfied (13%)


Question 524.07 (TC10)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Interactive maps


Median = 3

45% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (25%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (42%)
4 – Satisfied (25%)
5 – Very satisfied (8%)
50% love to eat cheese


Question 524.08 (TC10)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Mobile website


Median = 2

45% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (17%)
2 – Dissatisfied (42%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (25%)
4 – Satisfied (8%)
5 – Very satisfied (8%)
50% love to eat cheese


Question 524.09 (TC10)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Mobile apps


Median = 3

41% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (31%)
2 – Dissatisfied (15%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (31%)
4 – Satisfied (15%)
5 – Very satisfied (8%)


Question 526.01 (TC35)[edit]

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Hackathons


Median = 5

6% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (0%)
3 – Moderately (13%)
4 – Mostly (13%)
5 – Completely (73%)


Question 526.02 (TC35)[edit]

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Wikimedia Developer Summit


Median = 5

6% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (13%)
3 – Moderately (7%)
4 – Mostly (27%)
5 – Completely (53%)


Question 526.03 (TC35)[edit]

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Wikimania


Median = 4

6% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (13%)
3 – Moderately (20%)
4 – Mostly (40%)
5 – Completely (27%)


Question 526.04 (TC35)[edit]

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Google Summer of Code and Outreachy


Median = 5

6% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (7%)
3 – Moderately (7%)
4 – Mostly (27%)
5 – Completely (60%)


Question 526.05 (TC35)[edit]

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Documentation for new developers at MediaWiki.org


Median = 5

19% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Not at all (0%)
2 – Slightly (15%)
3 – Moderately (8%)
4 – Mostly (15%)
5 – Completely (62%)


Question 527.01 (TC14)[edit]

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What do you think about the quality of translations in the following languages? - Deutsch


Median = 4

1 – Very poor (0%)
2 – Poor (0%)
3 – Average (0%)
4 – Good (67%)
5 – Excellent (33%)


Question 528 (TC03)[edit]

In which of the following ways have you participated in planning the Wikimedia Foundation’s software development work? Select all that apply.

Participants could select more than one option

4% did not select an option [?]


1 – Wikimedia Foundation Strategy process (22%)
2 – Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan process (18%)
3 – Wikimedia Foundation Quarterly Goals process (16%)
4 – Wikimedia Foundation consultations about specific software projects (33%)
5 – Community Wishlist Survey (52%)
6 – MediaWiki.org team, project, beta feature pages (37%)
7 – Phabricator (72%)
8 – wikitech-l or other technical mailing lists (52%)
9 – I don’t follow Wikimedia Foundation’s software development planning (9%)
10 – Other (please explain) (6%)
11 – Developers Summit (34%)
12 – Developers Summit (34%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the three most often ways reported for participating in planning the Wikimedia Foundation’s software development work were phabricator (72%), community wishlist (52%), and mailing lists (52%).


Question 529.01 (TC04)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the following activities to broadcast technical information to our communities? - Tech News


Median = 4

14% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (3%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (13%)
4 – Satisfied (43%)
5 – Very satisfied (40%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this survey, 83% are satisfied or very satisfied with Tech News as an activity to broadcast technical information to our communities.


Question 529.02 (TC04)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the following activities to broadcast technical information to our communities? - VisualEditor newsletter


Median = 3

51% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (6%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (59%)
4 – Satisfied (29%)
5 – Very satisfied (6%)


Question 529.03 (TC04)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the following activities to broadcast technical information to our communities? - Discovery weekly


Median = 3

51% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (6%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (47%)
4 – Satisfied (41%)
5 – Very satisfied (6%)


Question 529.04 (TC04)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the following activities to broadcast technical information to our communities? - Collaboration team newsletter


Median = 3

65% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)
2 – Dissatisfied (0%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (58%)
4 – Satisfied (42%)


Question 529.05 (TC04)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the following activities to broadcast technical information to our communities? - Other mass messaging to community forums (Village Pumps) or to user talk pages.


Median = 3

19% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (7%)
2 – Dissatisfied (14%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (34%)
4 – Satisfied (38%)
5 – Very satisfied (7%)
45% of technical contributors who participated in this question reported being satisfied or very satisfied with "other mass messaging to community forums (Village Pumps) or to user talk pages" as an activity to broadcast technical information to our communities


Question 530 (TC05)[edit]

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How often do you read Tech News?


Median = 2

21% selected "" [?]


1 – Less than once per month (19%)
2 – About once per month (39%)
3 – About twice per month (6%)
4 – About three times per month (6%)
5 – Four times per month (about once per week) (29%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median number of times reported for reaching TechNews is once per month


Question 532 (TC19)[edit]

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To what extent are you satisifed or dissatisfied with the Technical Collaboration Guideline recommendations?


Median = 4

38% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Strongly disagree (0%)
2 – Disagree (7%)
3 – Neither agree nor disagree (27%)
4 – Agree (40%)
5 – Strongly agree (27%)


Question 534 (TC52)[edit]

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In which of the following ways have you participated in the community wishlist survey? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

21% did not select an option [?]


1 – I have worked on tasks in the Community Wishlist (29%)
2 – I have proposed Community Wishlist survey tasks (29%)
3 – I have voted on Community Wishlist survey tasks (66%)
4 – Other (specify): (11%)


Question 535 (TC34)[edit]

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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:

The Wikimedia Foundation's Community Wishlist Survey is a good mechanism to identify projects that technical volunteers could work on

Median = 4

3% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Strongly disagree (3%)
2 – Disagree (7%)
3 – Neither agree nor disagree (10%)
4 – Agree (31%)
5 – Strongly agree (48%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 79% agree or strongly agree with the following statement: The Wikimedia Foundation's Community Wishlist Survey is a good mechanism to identify projects that technical volunteers could work on.


Question 536 (TC54)[edit]

How many years have you been involved in the Wikimedia movement as a technical contributor, including giving feedback about software, testing products, and contributing software code?


Median = 4

11% did not select an option [?]


1 – 1 year or less (19%)
2 – 2 (11%)
3 – 3 (14%)
4 – 4 (8%)
5 – 5 (0%)
6 – 6 (2%)
7 – 7 (10%)
8 – 8 (6%)
9 – 9 (5%)
10 – 10 (13%)
11 – 11 (2%)
12 – 12 (3%)
13 – 13 (2%)
14 – 14 (2%)
15 – 15 or more (5%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median number of years reported for being involved in the movement as a technical contributor is 4 years.


Question 538 (TC29)[edit]

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What are the three (3) most important areas, if any, that need improvement at Wikimedia technical events in order to attract new developers?

Participants could select more than one option

22% did not select an option [?]


1 – General information about the event (17%)
2 – Information about the program and each session (22%)
3 – Information about sessions for newcomers (22%)
4 – Information about speakers (9%)
5 – Information about other participants (4%)
6 – Background information about Wikimedia tech (13%)
7 – Remote participation before and after the event (26%)
8 – Remote participation during the event (39%)
9 – Registration process (0%)
10 – Travel sponsorship process (26%)
11 – Call for participation process (22%)
12 – Look & feel of the event website (0%)
13 – Timing or length of the event (0%)
14 – Evening social activities (0%)
15 – Day care for kids (4%)
16 – Alternative activities for partners (4%)
17 – Other (explain) (13%)


Question 539 (TC31)[edit]

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What are the three (3) most important areas, if any, that need improvement at Wikimedia technical events in order to improve collaboration?

Participants could select more than one option

30% did not select an option [?]


1 – General information about the event (9%)
2 – Information about the program and each session (9%)
3 – Information about sessions for newcomers (4%)
4 – Information about speakers (9%)
5 – Information about other participants (4%)
6 – Background information about Wikimedia tech (17%)
7 – Remote participation before and after the event (30%)
8 – Remote participation during the event (43%)
9 – Registration process (0%)
10 – Travel sponsorship process (22%)
11 – Call for participation process (22%)
12 – Look & feel of the event website (0%)
13 – Timing or length of the event (4%)
14 – Evening social activities (0%)
15 – Day care for kids (0%)
16 – Alternative activities for partners (4%)
17 – Other (explain): (13%)


Question 540 (TC32)[edit]

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For developer events that you cannot attend, what would be your ideal method of participating remotely?

Participants could select more than one option

22% did not select an option [?]


1 – Live hangouts (48%)
2 – IRC (48%)
3 – Talk page discussions (13%)
4 – Other (open) (13%)


Question 541 (TC38)[edit]

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Have you ever have felt uncomfortable or unqualified to attend a Wikimedia technical event?


Median = 2

1 – No (85%)
2 – Yes (15%)
15% of technical contributors who participated in this question reported that they have felt uncomfortable or unqualified to attend a Wikimedia technical event


Question 544 (TC51)[edit]

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Do you attend developer events that are not related to Wikimedia?


Median = 1

10% selected "Not sure" [?]


1 – No (37%)
2 – Yes (63%)


Question 546.01 (TC21)[edit]

In general, the people in the Wikimedia technical community are: - Unfriendly:Friendly

Note: This question showed a scale between 1 to 5.

Median = 4

1 – 1 (3%)
2 – 2 (6%)
3 – 3 (12%)
4 – 4 (49%)
5 – 5 (30%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median response was number 4 towards "friendly."


Question 546.02 (TC21)[edit]

In general, the people in the Wikimedia technical community are: - Disrespectful:Respectful


Median = 4

1 – 1 (1%)
2 – 2 (7%)
3 – 3 (20%)
4 – 4 (38%)
5 – 5 (33%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median response was number 4 towards "respectiful."


Question 546.03 (TC21)[edit]

In general, the people in the Wikimedia technical community are: - Not diverse:Diverse


Median = 3

1 – 1 (3%)
2 – 2 (16%)
3 – 3 (36%)
4 – 4 (25%)
5 – 5 (19%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median response was number 3, between both not diverse and diverse."


Question 546.04 (TC21)[edit]

In general, the people in the Wikimedia technical community are: - Unwelcoming:Welcoming


Median = 4

1 – 1 (0%)
2 – 2 (12%)
3 – 3 (30%)
4 – 4 (36%)
5 – 5 (22%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median response was number 4 towards "welcoming."


Question 547 (TC26)[edit]

Which of the following best describe the reason(s) you contribute your technical skills to Wikimedia? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

3% did not select an option [?]


1 – I want to support the Wikimedia mission (82%)
2 – I want to support free software (75%)
3 – I want to help editors (72%)
4 – I want to improve readers’ experience (52%)
5 – I want to learn & acquire experience (63%)
6 – I want to because it's part of my studies or research (15%)
7 – I have to because it’s part of my job (20%)
8 – Other (specify) (6%)


Question 548.01 (TC37)[edit]

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This question was only seen by developers with 1 year of experience or less or 2

To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - MediaWiki.org homepage

Median = 3

6% selected "" [?]


1 – Not at all useful (20%)
2 – A little useful (27%)
3 – Somewhat useful (7%)
4 – Very useful (47%)


Question 548.02 (TC37)[edit]

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To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - MediaWiki.org search

Median = 3

13% selected "" [?]


1 – Not at all useful (29%)
2 – A little useful (7%)
3 – Somewhat useful (36%)
4 – Very useful (29%)


Question 548.03 (TC37)[edit]

This question has few responses.

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FILTER: Developers with 1 year of experience or less or 2

To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - Documentation for newcomers

Median = 3

6% selected "" [?]


1 – Not at all useful (0%)
2 – A little useful (13%)
3 – Somewhat useful (40%)
4 – Very useful (47%)


Question 548.04 (TC37)[edit]

This question has few responses.

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FILTER: Developers with 1 year of experience or less or 2

To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - Support / getting answers

Median = 4

1 – Not at all useful (6%)
2 – A little useful (13%)
3 – Somewhat useful (25%)
4 – Very useful (56%)


Question 548.05 (TC37)[edit]

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FILTER: Developers with 1 year of experience or less or 2

To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - Finding first task/project to work on

Median = 3

1 – Not at all useful (6%)
2 – A little useful (6%)
3 – Somewhat useful (47%)
4 – Very useful (41%)


Question 548.06 (TC37)[edit]

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FILTER: Developers with 1 year of experience or less or 2

To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - Finding experienced peers

Median = 4

6% selected "" [?]


1 – Not at all useful (13%)
2 – A little useful (13%)
3 – Somewhat useful (6%)
4 – Very useful (69%)


Question 548.07 (TC37)[edit]

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FILTER: Developers with 1 year of experience or less or 2

To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - Other (specify)

Median = 2.5

50% selected "" [?]


1 – Not at all useful (50%)
2 – A little useful (0%)
3 – Somewhat useful (0%)
4 – Very useful (50%)


Question 549 (TC22)[edit]

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Have you participated with creating the Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

3% did not select an option [?]


1 – I have contributed to discussions (11%)
2 – I have contributed to the content (0%)
3 – I have discussed it with friends or colleagues (13%)
4 – I have followed the process closely (5%)
5 – I have only read about the Code of Conduct (61%)
6 – I have not engaged in any way with the Code of Conduct (21%)
61% of technical contributors who participated in this question reported that they have read about the code of conduct.


Question 550 (TC23)[edit]

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To what extent do you agree/disagree with the following:

The Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces enforced by a committee could help make our technical community more friendly and diverse

Median = 4

3% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Strongly disagree (4%)
2 – Disagree (7%)
3 – Neither agree nor disagree (25%)
4 – Agree (50%)
5 – Strongly agree (14%)
From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 64% agree or strongly agree with the following statement: The Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces enforced by a committee could help make our technical community more friendly and diverse


Question 551 (TC27)[edit]

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In which of the following ways, if any, have you engaged with the following developer outreach programs? (select all that apply)

Google Summer of Code Outreachy Google Code-in

Participants could select more than one option

5% did not select an option [?]


1 – As an intern/student. (11%)
2 – As mentor. (14%)
3 – Providing feedback or support (11%)
4 – I have not participated in any of these programs (70%)


Question 552.01 (TC28)[edit]

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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:

The Wikimedia Foundation's participation in the following programs helps us achieve our goals to recruit new volunteer developers, implement new features, and promote Wikimedia as an open source project. - Google Summer of Code (GSoC)

Median = 4

11% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Strongly disagree (38%)
2 – Disagree (0%)
3 – Neither agree nor disagree (0%)
4 – Agree (38%)
5 – Strongly agree (25%)


Question 552.02 (TC28)[edit]

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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:

The Wikimedia Foundation's participation in the following programs helps us achieve our goals to recruit new volunteer developers, implement new features, and promote Wikimedia as an open source project. - Outreachy

Median = 4

22% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Strongly disagree (43%)
2 – Disagree (0%)
3 – Neither agree nor disagree (0%)
4 – Agree (43%)
5 – Strongly agree (14%)


Question 554 (TC53)[edit]

To what extent are you familiar with the software created by the Wikimedia Foundation


Median = 4

1 – Not at all (1%)
2 – Slightly (3%)
3 – Moderately (37%)
4 – Mostly (46%)
5 – Completely (13%)
96% of technical contributors who have participated in this question reported that they are moderately, mostly or completely familiar with the software created by the Wikimedia Foundation.


Question 555 (TC01)[edit]

Overall, what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the software developed by the Wikimedia Foundation?


Median = 4

1% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Very dissatisfied (1%)
2 – Dissatisfied (14%)
3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (16%)
4 – Satisfied (55%)
5 – Very satisfied (13%)
68% of technical contributors who participated in this question are satisfied or very satisfied with the software developed by the Wikimedia Foundation.


Question 557.01 (TC02)[edit]

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:
The Wikimedia Foundation collaborates well with volunteer developers to build software


Median = 3.5

6% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Strongly disagree (6%)
2 – Disagree (18%)
3 – Neither agree nor disagree (26%)
4 – Agree (39%)
5 – Strongly agree (11%)
48% of technical contributors agree or strongly agree with the statement: The Wikimedia Foundation collaborates well with volunteer developers to build software


Question 557.02 (TC02)[edit]

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:
The Wikimedia movement builds the best software it can


Median = 3

4% selected "No opinion" [?]


1 – Strongly disagree (15%)
2 – Disagree (22%)
3 – Neither agree nor disagree (22%)
4 – Agree (33%)
5 – Strongly agree (7%)
40% of technical contributors agree or strongly agree with the statement: The Wikimedia movement builds the best software it can


Question links[edit]

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