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WMHBPHC Participants Survey

All the information collected in this document is accurate as of 29 September 2016 (1200 hrs, UTC). For any clarifications, please contact the User:Soni.

About the Survey[edit]

The survey was aimed at all the participants of Wikimedia Hackathon BPHC and is aimed at getting their feedback on all relevant matters.

The survey was hosted on Google Forms at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDYxWAD-QY2BhsZOxQQ_CV75KLqzuTUcOi4iOwMqAgyUFabQ/viewform?c=0&w=1

The Responses[edit]

There were a total of 14 responses from the participants, all of them anonymous.

The Questions[edit]

Which Hackathon did you participate in?[edit]

  • MediaWiki - 9
  • PyWikibot - 5

Which days of the Hackathon did you attend?[edit]

  • Day 1 - Saturday 24th
  • Day 1 - Saturday 24th, Day 2 - Sunday 25th

About the Hackathon[edit]

There were five options for each of these questions

  • Not Very
  • A little
  • Moderately
  • A fair amount
  • Absolutely

How relevant was the hackathon to you?[edit]

  • Not Very - 1
  • Moderately - 1
  • A fair amount - 7
  • Absolutely - 5

How appropriate were the pre-requisites?[edit]

  • Not Very - 1
  • A little - 1
  • A fair amount - 4
  • Absolutely - 8

How helpful were the facilitators?[edit]

  • Moderately - 1
  • A fair amount - 2
  • Absolutely - 11

How much did you learn from the Hackathon?[edit]

  • A little - 1
  • Moderately - 2
  • A fair amount - 4
  • Absolutely - 7

How likely are you to contribute further to Wikimedia Projects?[edit]

  • Not Very - 1
  • A little - 1
  • Moderately - 1
  • A fair amount - 5
  • Absolutely - 6

What were your key take aways from this event?[edit]

  • Got a feel of Open Source Development
  • People in open source are cool. We need to have a FOSS club in our campus.
  • I got my first patch merged with Mediawiki core and three more in outgoing reviews!
  • How open source contribution is made and what a hackathon comprises of.
  • Got to know a lot about Wikimedia Foundation. I am new to open source development. Learnt how to fix bugs and push them to Gerrit. I even got my one patch merged. I got to know how to behave on the IRC channels. Yes, it was a good start :)
  • Stickers.
  • Learnt how open-source works. Can see possibility of contributing to some org in the future.
  • That community contribution is not unmanageable

How satisfied were you with the logistics?[edit]

There were five options for each of these questions

  • Not Very
  • A little
  • Moderately
  • A fair amount
  • Absolutely

Schedule[edit]

  • A fair amount - 2
  • Absolutely - 14

Venue[edit]

  • A fair amount - 1
  • Absolutely - 13

Electricity and internet arrangements[edit]

  • A little - 1
  • Moderately - 1
  • A fair amount - 3
  • Absolutely - 9

In hackathon snacks[edit]

  • A little - 1
  • Moderately - 1
  • A fair amount - 5
  • Absolutely - 7

Additional feedback on logistics[edit]

  • Should’ve brought more Biscuits. :3
  • Good job, Suchit:)
  • Amazing job at logistics and venue booking. We got lucky with the last minute port unblockings, though that part could have used a better job from us earlier. :/

Did you attend the prerequisite workshops?[edit]

  • Yes - 9
  • No - 5

How helpful was the workshop?[edit]

Answer on a scale of 1-5[edit]

  • 1 - 1
  • 2 - 2
  • 3 - 2
  • 4 - 3
  • 5 - 5

Was the quality of the participation good?[edit]

  • Absolutely
  • Absolutely
  • A fair amount

Any additional comments regarding the sessions or overall agenda?[edit]

  • I wish more people attended the Prerequisite Workshop for PHP.
  • The hackathon seemed really helpful for people who had prior experience in Open Source and PHP. But not so much for someone who wants to LEARN Open Source Development. I kept following the instructions/procedure blindly without knowing what I was doing. I did this till I got tired and finally left after 3 hours. And obviously, I did not turn up on the 25th. The fact that one required greater understanding of PHP, could have been more explicitly established beforehand.
  • Hold the prerequisites sessions like the one on PHP more carefully.

Any overall feedback for the event and facilitators?[edit]

  • Great job Soni and co for bringing this to our campus. I enjoyed meeting the MediaWiki guys and I hope we can get an open source culture with even cough KDE cough in our campus ;)
  • Love!
  • The experience the 3 of them had reflected very well and constructively in what was taught. Technical jargon sent me off a bit!
  • It was perfect. Mentors were too kind and really helpful. That day’s hackathon could not be better than this :) Really excited to have a good amount of open source contributions from my side.
  • The event was very nice and it was a sure shot way to get us hooked into contributing further. Just hoping my changes get merged soon.
  • The event was very nice and it was a sure shot way to get us hooked into contributing further. Just hoping my changes get merged soon.

Overall rating for the Hackathon[edit]

Rating out of 10[edit]

  • 4 - 1
  • 6 - 1
  • 8 - 4
  • 9 - 4
  • 10 - 4
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