Wiki Loves Africa 2023/Survey

Executive summary

The general survey and the organizers interviews are conducted to know how best to improve on the 2024 edition of the Wiki Loves Africa contest. The 2023 theme was Climate and Weather and we received over 13k photo submissions in the course of the 60days long upload phase. The 2023 theme was widely appealing to the participants, amongst other elements.

The general survey and the organizers interviews are conducted to know how best to improve on the 2023 edition of the Wiki Loves Africa contest.

Survey presentation

This year, two general surveys will be carried out to get feedback from the community and organizers as to the importance of Wiki Loves Africa to their Wikimedia activities and to the larger ecosystem. Similar to last year, we have decided to run only one general survey. Online-interview with organizers are carried out to get feedback from the community as to the importance of Wiki Loves Africa to their Wikimedia activities and to the larger ecosystem.

Facts about the general survey (participants and contestants Survey) include:

The survey was run between 15 June and mid July 2023
It was run through a Qualtrix account operated by Anthere
The survey results are anonymized and a summary will be published on this page
The targeted respondents were the participants to the contest, general organizers of Wiki Loves Africa contest as well as any interested party. This can include members of African chapters and User Groups, unaffiliated African community member interested in organizing events in Africa, staff from any Wikimedia entities interested in Wiki Loves projects, community members from everywhere interested in Wiki Loves projects. The people NOT targeted were the former participants to the contest (eg, the 10,000+ submitters of images). Accordingly, the survey was primarily distributed through our community networks and to people we identified as relevant to have a say when it comes to the organization of a Wiki Loves contest.
Please note the survey was distributed through reusable anonymous link. We expect participants to behave and refrain from participating several times ;)
This survey takes around 10 to 15 minutes of a participant time.
Please note that questions may differ depending on some of the answers provided at the beginning of the survey
The survey was available in English with French translations (sorry, no other language)
Emails addresses, real name, or pseudo are not collected.
The general survey for Wiki Loves Africa 2023 participants can be accessed here:[1]

Thank you in advance for taking the time to respond and helping Wiki Loves Africa to move forward.

Privacy statement survey of the organizers

Purpose of survey : This survey will aid Wiki Loves Africa organizers in assessing what worked and did not work in 2023, and what should be improved in 2024 process.

What Information We Collect : this survey collects the responses you provide to the questions asked; there are two types of answers: defined responses, and free-form responses.

Information Sharing and Disclosure : the results of this survey is shared publicly in the following manner. Aggregate data about the defined-response questions, and some anonymized quotes from the free-form response questions, will be published on the Wiki Loves Africa 2023/Survey page on meta.wikimedia.org. Raw data will only be shared with Anthere and the WMF. We may disclose any collected information when required by law, when we have your permission, when needed to protect our rights, privacy, safety, users, or the general public, and when necessary to enforce our Terms of Use or any other Wikimedia policy. Licensing of Survey Responses : by answering the free-form response questions, you agree that we may record your answers, and agree to donate them to the public domain under the terms of Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (full text available here).

The survey wil be run through a Qualtrix account operated by Anthere (Florence Devouard) and Wilson Oluoha. They have both agreed to respect the WMF-Provided Qualtrics Terms of Use. This survey data is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Please note that this survey is powered by a third-party provider, Qualtrix, which means their use of your information is governed by their Privacy Statement and Terms of Service.

By submitting your response, you agreed to the transfer, storage, and use of the collected information to the United States, and other locations that may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives discussed above. The results of this survey will be retained indefinitely. See WMF data retention guidelines for more information.

For questions about this survey, or to update your answers, email contact Anthere (fdevouard@anthere.org).

Context

The photo contest Wiki Loves Africa has been operating for 9 years:

Wiki Loves Africa 2023, March-April 2023 on the theme of Climate and Weather
Wiki Loves Africa 2022, February-April 2022 on the theme of Home + Habitat
Wiki Loves Africa 2021, February-April 2021 on the theme of Health + Wellness
Wiki Loves Africa 2020, February 2019 on the theme of transportation
Wiki Loves Africa 2019, February 2019 on the theme of play
Wiki Loves Africa 2017, October-November 2017 on the theme of people at work
Wiki Loves Africa 2016, December 2016-January 2017 on the theme of music and dance
Wiki Loves Africa 2015, October-November 2015 on the theme of fashion and adornment
Wiki Loves Africa 2014, October-November 2014 on the theme of cuisine

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