Wikimedia Italia/LimeSurvey/Requests/Scholia user survey 2024

Project

I would like to conduct a user survey of Scholia users. Scholia is a Wikidata front-end which supports users in accessing WikiCite content. WikiCite is the single most popular project within Wikidata by a number of metrics, including by count of Wikidata items, count of university partnerships running Wikidata programs, and count of events organized for a single concept. Briefly, it Scholia is a Wikidata project in good standing which is as well known to the Wikidata community as any other.

See the following for context:

About me

I am Lane Rasberry, en:user:bluerasberry. I coordinate projects with both Scholia and WikiCite.

Contact me on wiki or lanerasberrygmailcom.

My Commitment

I accept the limitations and data protection notes of Wikimedia Italia written in Wikimedia Italia/LimeSurvey. For example I will NOT sue Wikimedia Italia if they delete everything by mistake.

I see that the default commitment which Wikimedia Italia is requesting is, "I will make every effort not to collect personal data, unless I have legal obligations to collect them. In case, I clearly detail why personal data is needed, and for what purpose."

Yes to attempting ethical research practices
This survey includes optional requests for wiki user name and email address. Users who are concerned with privacy should not give this information. Our reason for asking for this information is to identify very active users and potential collaborators whom we do not already know. We would like to offer collaboration and tool support to such people.

Survey Info

The survey SHOULD be ready before this date:

2024-12-15

The survey SHOULD be destroyed after this date:

2025-05-15

Description

Scholia is a free and open-source tool for accessing linked open data on scholarly matters from Wikidata. It can be explored via https://scholia.toolforge.org/. The Scholia team is seeking feedback from Scholia users. This survey will typically take 15 minutes to complete. The survey will end after 2 months or receiving 200 responses, whichever comes first. Survey results will be made available via https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Scholia/Surveys/2024 before 2025-05-16.

More information about Scholia and WikiCite is available at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite, respectively.

Anyone with questions about this survey may ask at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Scholia.

The point of contact for this survey is Lane Rasberry, user:bluerasberry in Wikimedia projects, and available by email at lanerasberry@gmail.com

Open text

This survey is for anyone with interest in Scholia and WikiCite.

Anyone with questions about this survey may ask at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Scholia or by email to lanerasberrygmail.com.

Close text

Thanks for taking the survey. The survey organizers will report survey results no later than 16 May 2025 at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Scholia/Surveys/2024.

Post questions at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Scholia or by email to lanerasberrygmail.com.

Survey Questions

Group "General"

How often do you use Scholia, the Wikidata tool which presents WikiCite data? (optional, single-choice)
- 1 - never
- 2 - yearly
- 3 - monthly
- 4 - weekly
- 5 - daily
How often do you use Wikidata? (optional, single-choice)
- 1 - never
- 2 - yearly
- 3 - monthly
- 4 - weekly
- 5 - daily
How familiar are you with the WikiCite data project within Wikidata? (optional, single-choice)
- 1 - not very familiar, I know little about it
- 2 - rather not familiar
- 3 - semi-familiar
- 4 - rather familiar
- 5 - very familiar, I understand it well
Why do you use Scholia? (optional, multiple-choice)
- to research topics
- to research individuals
- to research organizations
- to research other types of entities
- to develop Wikipedia articles
- to develop other Wikimedia content
- to export data for non-Wikimedia projects
- other — please specify (optional, free text)
How did you discover Scholia? (optional, single-choice)
- through Wikipedia
- through Wikidata
- through my university
- through Internet search or AI
- from a friend or colleague
- in a way unrelated to Wikimedia
In what ways do you engage with Wikidata? (optional, multiple-choice)
- I use the content via the web interface
- I export the content for use in my own tools
- I contribute to content development manually
- I contribute to content development at scale with tools
- I develop tools which support this project
- other — please specify (optional, free text)
In what ways do you engage with WikiCite (optional, multiple-choice)
- I use the content via the web interface
- I export the content for use in my own tools
- I contribute to content development manually
- I contribute to content development at scale with tools
- I develop tools (other than Scholia) which support WikiCite
- other — please specify (optional, free text)
In what ways do you engage with Scholia? (optional, multiple-choice)
- I use the content via the web interface
- I export the content for use in my own tools
- I contribute to content development manually
- I contribute to content development at scale with tools
- I contribute code or documentation to Scholia development
- I develop tools which support Scholia
- other — please specify (optional, free text)
Through what channels would you prefer to interact with other Scholia users? (optional, multiple-choice)
- None
- Feature requests/ bug reports
- On-wiki discussion pages
- Mastodon
- Regular conference calls
- A dedicated Scholia group on Signal
- other — please specify (optional, free text)
If you engage with any other project which is similar to WikiCite or Scholia, then please name it. (optional, free text)
In what ways do you engage with the other project which you just named? (optional, multiple-choice)
- I use the content via the web interface
- I export the content for use in my own tools
- I contribute to content development manually
- I contribute to content development at scale with tools
- I develop tools which support this project
- other — please specify (optional, free text)
How would you rate Scholia overall? (optional, single-choice)
- not fit for purpose
- great idea but bad implementation
- somewhat useful
- surprisingly useful
- I regularly find myself in the Scholia rabbit hole
What is missing in Scholia? (optional, free text)
What do you like about Scholia? (optional, free text)
What do you not like about Scholia? (optional, free text)
How did you arrive at this survey? (optional, single-choice)
- banner on Scholia
- from any WikiCite-related discussion or group
- referral from individual
- other forum / mailing list / group discussion
- other — please specify (optional, free text)

Group "Contact"

What is your Wikimedia username (optional, free text)
If the need arises, may we contact you by email with follow-up questions? If so, please share your email. (optional, free text)
Is there anything else you'd like to share with the Scholia team?

Discussion

For any question ping me here:

Talk:Wikimedia Italia/LimeSurvey/Requests/Scholia user survey 2024

Thank you again! -- Bluerasberry (talk) 18:51, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is fine! At https://github.com/WDscholia/scholia/issues/2548 I wrote "What is missing in Scholia?" (optional, free text). Other questions could be "How would you rate Scholia?" (optional, single choice on a scale). "What do you like about Scholia?" (optional, free text). — Finn Årup Nielsen (fnielsen) (talk)

Thanks, Finn Årup Nielsen (fnielsen) — I worked those questions in and brushed the entire survey once more. --Daniel Mietchen (talk) 20:43, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]