WikiWomenCamp 2017/Survey results

Below we present the results of the evaluation survey of the WikiWomen camp.

To what extent do you agree that the event:

2.5

5

7.5

10

12.5

15

…was suitable for my background and experience.

…improved my skills.

…improved my knowledge about the work of other people working on gender diversity projects.

…developed a platform for communication and information sharing.

•   Not at all
•   Somewhat
•   Moderately
•   Mostly
•   Completely
•   No opinion

Networking

To what extent do you agree that meeting people at camp:

2.5

5

7.5

10

12.5

15

… helped me to gain knowledge from others.

… helped me to share my knowledge with others.

… helped me to join or start a project or initiative.

… helped me to gain a better understanding of others' viewpoints.

… helped me connect to resources.

•   Not at all
•   To a small extent
•   To a moderate extent
•   To a large extent
•   Completely
•   Unsure
•   Not applicable

What is the biggest learning experience that you will apply to your own work in the next 30 to 60 days?

• Wikidata skill building.
• Reserving more space and attending better to support a WikiWomen/gender gap agenda at other movement events.
• WikiData.
• There are a lot of people doing a lot of different gender diversity activities in the world, and mostly, we are poorly connected, even if we are lucky enough to know about these activities. As a result, I will try to be more internationally inclusive in my own work, e.g. better promotion, harness social media better, etc.
• I am very interested working on the gender gap and find common ground on how to address gender gap in ViquidonesUPF.
• There is a huge amount of diversity in how each of us is approaching the topic of "improving gender diversity within our movement". Now that I know this, when I speak about gender diversity to someone, I will provide more context about my own understanding of the topic, and ask about other people's perspective, so that we are understanding each other better in the conversation.
• The idea of the camp.
• Global support network: explore the idea
• That we have almost the same issues and that we are organizing at all levels and all over the world to solve problems about diversity, harassment, gender gap, code of conduct etc.
• Understanding the disadvantages and advantages of my own project better by sharing and hearing experiences from others, which has given me freedom to be more radical in the planning of my next projects.
• Definetly more stories to spread and inspire women in my community.

Have you shared about your WWC experience since returning home? (Mark all that apply)

Answer	Number of responses
Not yet, but I plan to	4
Yes, I have talked to other Wikimedia community members about the experience	12
Yes, I have talked to people outside of the Wikimedia communities about the experience	10
Yes, I have written about it in a blog or social media	4
No, I do not plan to	0
Other	2

Do you expect to start, or contribute to, new projects with other WWC participants that you discussed at the event? (Mark all that apply)

Answer	Number of responses
Global Support System	11
International WikiWomen Online Group	11
The Next WikiWomenCamp	12
WikiWomen International Coordination	7
Debates around the meaning of "neutrality and relevance" in Wikipedia	5
Editatonas (edit-a-thons with only women involved)	8
Women-only Spaces for Wikimedian Women to socialise	4
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For those projects above which you plan to support, please you share how you would like to contribute.

• Volunteer time for next WikiwomenCamp planning and execution.
• Create research report of gender gap on Wikimedia.
• Networking and outreach for global support system.
• Participation + Learning & Evaluation skills support (e.g., survey design, evaluation planning, learning strategy, workshop design, etc.) as appropriate.
• Work for to find a possible solutions, and how they are shared by other communities, which might lead us in a way to improve things.
• Advisor to the mapping project. I am also open to posting to the new online/support groups, to get the momentum going.
• It depends on what kind of tasks there will be! I think that the first step is to start again the conversation, and I can contribute to that.
• I would like to apply my skills of event management, anti-oppression consulting, and community development to building communities of trans women and cis women that don't perpetuate systems of disempowerment.
• I will try to organize at least one more women-related editathon this year.
• I can support and lead it.
• The Next WikiWomenCamp : either organise it in Tunisia or in another country from the WikiArabia countries.
• I would like to invite people that I met on WikiWomenCamp to be part of the events that I will organise myself, to continue the discussions we started.
• For now, planning una editatona in the whole Latin America for the 21 day of Activism (amplified version from 16 days of activism).

Do you want to work (or connect) with other WWC participants in the next six months? (Mark all that apply)

Answer	Number of responses
Mailing List	17
Social Media Group	12
Connecting at other conferences	12
Project Working Group	13
Other	1

Skill building/Learning about projects

If yes, what skills would you like to apply?

• Wikidata SPARQL query, Systemic review of research.
• Tumblr account for women writers.
• Tips for moderating Facebook conversations.
• Query.
• Wikidata, Outreach, MediaWiki tech.
• How to get engineers on your side, how to keep energy up on editathons.
• Connecting people who cannot read or write to tell/share their knowledge.

Strategy process

If we wanted to organize a common agenda for the next two years with the aim of reducing the gender gap in our projects and the Wikimedia movement, what big goals should we include?

Main ideas:

• Create a map of the gender gap on Wikimedia projects, in terms of editor participation and Systemic bias.
• Defining a shared priorities and defining change strategies and milestones
• Develop more connections with feminist communities as we can learn from them and they can learn from us;
• Develop stronger connections with universities around the world
• Develop more allies
• Improve the quality and extension of content.
• Wide-spread recognition that there *is* a problem, and wholesale buy-in that this problem should be a global priority; it is insufficient that this topic be a banner held and promoted by a few.
• Wide-spread recognition *throughout the movement* that there *is* a lack of gender diversity in all projects, in all languages, and that numerous forms of systemic bias inhibit more diversity.
• Wide-spread recognition until we address this lack of gender diversity, our larger movement goals of "inclusivity and diversity" cannot be met.
• Increasing more females to participate in countries with major difficulties such as Africa and South America
• Training on anti-oppression, gender, and race, and identity. These are concepts we come into contact with every day but we don't as often discuss them in public. I want to see more work around anti-oppression and how we as individuals can use our privilege and influence to create brave spaces for more marginalized people.
• Addressing systemic bias & notability policy
• Creating support for those working on gender gap, and defining what gender diversity means and why it matters.
• Creating safe spaces in which diverse contributors can thrive (diverse in terms of gender as well as in other aspects), from entry level editing through formal leadership roles.
• Strategy for changing the community culture and composition.
• Improve the participation and efforts for the retention of users.
  

During WWC we talked about the strategy process. What goals would you like to include in building a more inclusive movement in 2030?

Main ideas:

• To strive for valuing the perspectives, experiences and knowledge of underrepresented groups in Wikimedia movement.
• 15% more female contributors.
• Reduce the comparable depth/quality difference between biographies about women vs. men especially in terms of presence of their career achievements.
• Nearly eliminate the occurrence, and tolerance of, online harassment, especially related to gender or sexuality;
• Notability standards that acknowledge cultural differences in notability and adequately represent the currently underrepresented notable women and others from the "Majority World".
• Zero internet access.
• Healthy, inclusive communities;
• Incorporating new voices.
• To demand greater efforts in the projects to confront gaps of lack of diversity (gender, geographical, age, idiomatic).
• More multilingualism, more intersectionality.
• Offline training of administrators regarding gender issues, hate speech, old users tormenting newbies, etc.
• Set specific targets aimed at increasing the diversity of people who participate in the movement.
• Community health is essential for the growth and sustainability of the movement. Policies and a Code od Conduct observed by all wikim(p)edians,
• Global support, better pratices and guides for a welcome enviroment online.

General assessment

Why or why not?

• There was more download of information and less networking and connecting than I expected to occur.
• I collaborated and improved on my skill sets.
• Hard to describe what you feel (subjective) vs. what it enumerated on a conference program. But my expectations were exceeded because of the richness of connectivity. For a few short days, *I lived with, ate with, spoke with, laughed with, worked with, and learned from international non-men leaders in the wiki universe. This is amazing and invigorating. My wish is to spend more time in this universe getting to know everyone even better, e.g. if every woman could have spent 15 minutes talking about her wiki experiences.
• I improved my skills and my knowledge about the work of other people who work on projects of gender diversity.
• I had the opportunity to discuss about topics which, in other Wikimedia settings, could have been treated with suspect, and I was surprised to find out how many people were sharing a similar vision and similar concerns to mine. I think that the first step toward change is to know that you are not alone in wanting it, and in this sense WWC was a great experience.
• My expectations were around the goals of the conference as this was the first gathering in a long time
• I am very introverted and a bit claustrophobic. It was very difficult for me to stay engaged with learning because I was frequently overwhelmed by how crowded the space was. I also found the quantity of content extremely overwhelming, as well as the predominant speaker-to-audience style of engagement, with relatively limited opportunity to engage in in-depth discussion and connection with other participants to brainstorm ideas, make plans, etc.
• Was my first participation, so just meet women from other countries that are doing the same things, share esperiences between us, was a great result
• Because I met so many great people, I loved the live translation. My only critique would be that it was not accessible, nor very friendly to different diets.
• It was incredible be more connect with so many women that fights for a better community.

What were your three favorite sessions or activities at WWC?

• Netha's overview of research
• Gender Diversity Mapping,
• Lightening talks
• Wikidata
• Icebreaking sessions
• Q&A with Katherine
• Dinner's with participants
• Ravan's talk.
• Tools and strategies for dealing with online harassment and conflict resolution
• Research on gender gap in Wikipedia
• Discussion on neutrality
• Board elections + discussion on leadership
• Intersectional feminism
• WikiTech,
• Geek Feminism wiki.

What, if any, challenges did you face in your participation in WWC sessions and events?

• Insufficient space to move around and conduct private discussions.
• I’d like to work more with professors and their students
• How to create tools in order to make women feel welcome, and to make them feel they can participate as editors without giving up, during the stages they have to complete in order to become an editor.
• I did not have any particular challenge but it would have been great to start the conference a little later, given also the fact that the venue was not so close to the hotel. More sleep is more energy.
• Internet connection was not very good, not enough power plugs.
• Not enough time for sessions, needed more time.
• Hard time hearing the presentations. It was difficult to connect with as many people as I would have liked to.
• More unstructured time and much lengthier periods allowed for breakout discussion.
• For me was something new, so the challenge was to see a lot of women from everywhere ingaged on these topics.
• To choose one activity during others.