Research:Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia Editor Survey 2013
Indonesian Wikipedia / Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia (WBI) Editor Survey 2013 is a survey held in 2013 by Wiki-ID community. The questionnaire was distributed primarily through WBI's site notice and WBI's Facebook fanpage between 13 August 2013 and 30 September 2013. Several insights that were gathered will be used as a basis to promote Wikipedia and its community of volunteers.
Survey method[edit]
Link to the questionnaire was distributed through WBI's site notice and WBI's Facebook fanpage, starting from 13 August 2013 to 30 September 2013. The respondents were divided into two groups: those who have an account in Wikipedia and those who don't. A total of 468 responses were collected and then filtered by removing duplicates and invalid responses, reducing the number to 439 responses.
Purposes and results[edit]
This new survey will answer two key questions:
- What is the demographic profile of contributors? (age, gender, education, employment, and basic readership information)
- Why they contribute to Wikipedia? And why they don't?
From this survey, several insights are gathered:
- 90% of WBI contributors are male
- Most of them are under 21 years old
- Most of them live in the island of Java
- Indonesian Wikipedians made their account because they are interested to do voluntary activity
- Most of readers don't know that Wikipedia is a voluntary project
- Indonesian Wikipedians access the website at night from their dwellings
- Location is the main factor that discourage new users to attend Wikipedia events
- Most of them want to donate fund to Wikipedia
- Most of them feel that WBI's administrator is friendly and that the quality of the articles in WBI is good
Profile of Indonesian Wikipedians[edit]
- 90% of WBI contributors are male
There is a great gender disparity in the Indonesian Wikipedia: 83% visitors of WBI are male. This disparity is even greater in registered user data: 90% registered users are male, while only 7% are female.
| Sex | Registered users | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 366 | 83% | 90% |
| Female | 64 | 15% | 7% |
| Choose not to disclose | 9 | 2% | 3% |
| 439 | |||
- Most Indonesian Wikipedians are students, 21 years old, and have a high-school diploma
40% of Indonesian Wikipedians stated high-school diploma as their highest level of education attained. 63% of them is students and 17% private employees. More than 50% Wikipedians are 21 years old. About 38% is under 18, and 24% is 18 to 21 years old.
| Age | Registered users | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| <18 years old | 146 | 33% | 38% |
| 18-21 years old | 106 | 24% | 24% |
| 22-34 years old | 124 | 28% | 25% |
| 35-50 years old | 106 | 12% | 12% |
| >50 years old | 10 | 2% | 2% |
| 439 | |||
| Highest education level attained | Registered users | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary school | 23 | 5% | 12% |
| Junior high-school | 65 | 15% | 14% |
| Senior high-school | 194 | 44% | 40% |
| Bachelor's degree | 133 | 30% | 29% |
| Master's degree | 17 | 4% | 4% |
| Doctoral degree | 7 | 2% | 2% |
| 439 | |||
| Job | Registered user | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 258 | 59% | 63% |
| Private employee | 84 | 19% | 17% |
| Public servant | 27 | 6% | 7% |
| Entrepreneur | 46 | 10% | 9% |
| Other | 24 | 5% | 4% |
| 439 | |||
- Most live in Java
More than 60% of respondent live in Java -- 33% of all respondents live in Java megapolitan area (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tanggerang, and Bekasi). Only 1% live in the eastern part of Indonesia (Maluku and Irian Islands).
Behavior of Indonesian Wikipedians[edit]
- Respondents are motivated to register an account because they want to do a voluntary activity
From the survey, we know that "to do a voluntary activity" is the main reason that motivated the respondent to sign up and contribute for Wikipedia. The result is consistent with the global survey that was held by Wikimedia Foundation in 2011. The difference is that Indonesian Wikipedian does not sign up because they want to share their knowledge or skill, but simply because they like the subject and they want to write about it. In other words, Indonesian Wikipedians don't write based on expertise, but rather based on interest.
| Reason for starting to contribute | Indonesia | Global (2011) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Percentage | Ranking | |
| Like the idea of volunteering to share knowledge | 18% | 69% | 1 |
| Wanted to demonstrate my knowledge to wider audience | 13% | 28% | 5 |
| Saw an error and wanted to fix it | 13% | 29% | 4 |
| Wanted to learn new skill | 11% | 64% | 2 |
| Wanted to see whether anyone could edit | 11% | 12% | 7 |
| Wanted to participate in a discussion on Wikipedia | 10% | 10% | 8 |
| Know a lot about a subject that was poorly covered | 9% | 27% | 6 |
| Saw red link/noticed article was missing | 9% | 50% | 3 |
| Friends, family, or colleagues contribute to Wikipedia | 2% | 4% | 9 |
| Assigned to edit for school or work | 2% | 2% | 10 |
- Most don't know that Wikipedia is written by volunteers
The survey indicates 53% of the respondents don't know that Wikipedia is written by volunteers. 51% of the respondents even don't know if Wikipedia can be written and changed by everyone. Based on follow up interview sessions, visitors of WBI think that Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia is written by paid employees.
When they were asked "Why don't you make an account in Wikipedia?", 21% of the respondents said that the main reason is because they don't know if Wikipedia can be edited by everyone, 25% said that they just don't know how to sign up. Based on follow up interview sessions, visitors can't see the word "sign up" at the top of the page.
- Indonesian Wikipedian like to contribute from their home computer, at night
The survey shows that Wikipedians visit Wikipedia for more than 30 minutes when they are home from 17pm to 22pm. It's possible that they usually visit Wikipedia after they have finished all of their daily activities, which is supported by the fact that they use their home computer to edit.
- Location and time schedule become two main reasons why Indonesian Wikipedians don't come to Wikipedia training/workshop
The survey shows that 40% of the respondents don't come to Wikipedia training/workshop because of location factor. The fact that most of id:WP:KOPDAR meet-up is held in Java might be the reason for this. Users from other islands such as Sumatera and Kalimantan find it difficult to take a long travel only to visit one Wikipedia meet-up.
For Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tanggerang, Bekasi (JABODETABEK) megapolitan area, the main reason why they don't come to Wikipedia training/workshop is time factor (42%).
| Factor | All respondents | Jabodetabek | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | 83 | 26% | 24 | 24% |
| Location | 128 | 40% | 33 | 33% |
| Time | 106 | 33% | 42 | 42% |
| 317 | 99 | |||
- Most respondents want to donate to Wikipedia
67% of the respondents said that they want to donate funds to Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia. 33% said that they are ready to donate more than Rp.50.000 (approx. $4.5). When we ask the reason why, 26% said that they are willing to do it because they want to join the mission of spreading free knowledge through Wikipedia.
- Respondents said that administrators and users of Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia is friendly, and the quality of the articles is good
About 50% of the respondents stated that administrators and users of Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia is friendly. This can be a positive indicator that the atmosphere in Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia is still in a good condition. In terms of article quality, more than 80% of the respondents said that the quality is either good or very good.
Data[edit]
- (Indonesian) Raw data: 439 respondents
- (Indonesian) Graphical statistics of the unfiltered data (468 respondents)