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Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

Across audiences Editors Affiliates Program Leaders Developers
Goal 1 - "Improving new editor engagement"
Goal 2 - "Improving community health"
Goal 3 - "Improving collaboration and communications between the Foundation and communities"


Question 507 (CS01)

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Which of the following activities have you done at least once in the last 12 months? Select all that apply.

Participants could select more than one option

0% did not select an option [?]

1 – Make contributions or curate content on any Wikimedia project (e.g. editing) (91%)
2 – Attend offline Wikimedia events (e.g. editathons, conferences, hackathon) (58%)
3 – Participate in online Wikimedia events (e.g. a remote conference or meet-up) (45%)
4 – Support Mediawiki or Wikimedia software development (e.g. report a bug, test a product, have technical discussions, write software code, build tools) (74%)
5 – Organize community programs or events (e.g. editathons, GLAM, conferences, education program) (29%)
6 – Participate in a Wikimedia affiliate (e.g. Wikimedia chapter, thematic organization, user group) (40%)
7 – Conduct research related to Wikimedia (e.g. worked on a project on meta:research) (19%)
8 – Apply for any Wikimedia Foundation grant (e.g. Annual Plan Grants, Project and Event Grants, Rapid Grants, Project grants, Travel and Participation Support Grant) (15%)


Question 510 (SS19)

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Have you collaborated or engaged with any staff from the Wikimedia Foundation in the last 12 months, in any way (online, in-person, etc.)?


Median = 1
4% selected "Not sure" [?]

1 – No (10%)
2 – Yes (90%)
90% of technical contributors who have participated in this survey have collaborated or engaged with any staff from the Wikimedia Foundation in the last 12 months, in any way (online, in-person, etc.


Question 511 (CE17)

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How familiar are you with the organizations associated with Wikimedia or Wikipedia?


Median = 4

1 – Not at all (2%)
2 – Slightly (12%)
3 – Moderately (26%)
4 – Mostly (39%)
5 – Completely (20%)
59% of the technical contributors who participated in this question are mostly or complete familiar with the organizations associated with Wikimedia or Wikipedia.


Question 513 (SS14)

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Before taking this survey, had you ever heard of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)?


Median = 1

1 – No (0%)
2 – Yes (100%)
100% of technical contributors who participated in this survey have heard of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Question list

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Goal 4 - "Improving collaboration and communications around software development"
Goal 5 - "Improving collaboration with affiliates related to partnerships"
Goal 6 - "Improving software for contributors"
Goal 7 - "Increasing software awareness and use"
Goal 8 - "Growing the Wikimedia technical community"
Goal 9 - "Improving information sharing for program leaders and affiliates"
Goal 10 - "Developing the capacity of affiliates"
Goal 11 - "Developing the capacity of program leaders"
Goal 12 - "Improving access to research materials by contributors"
Goal 13 - "Improving understanding of movement fundraising and fundraising needs"
Goal 14 - "Increasing awareness of GLAM and Libraries"
Goal 15 - "Increasing knowledge and capacity related to policy issues"