Wikidata:Usability and usefulness/2021-2-Survey/vi

Purpose of the Survey

The Wikidata-Team at Wikimedia Germany ran a survey to understand who edits Wikidata and to discover if there are any groups that currently might have difficulties in participating. Wikidata attempts to cover human knowledge as broadly as possible. What people know and care for also depends, in practice, on their cultural background, gender, age and other factors.

The survey results are shared on commons. If you have questions, use this page’s talk page.

Xử lý dữ liệu

• Participation is anonymous
  • The only possibly identifying question could have been the edit counts, but we ask for them in broad clusters.
• No mandatory questions
• The survey platform, Lamapoll is GDPR compliant and based in Germany. The legally binding documents in regards to Lamapoll use are thus in German.
  • Data Protection Statement by Lamapoll
  • General Terms and Conditions for Lamapoll
• We will use the data only for the stated purposes
• We will share aggregated data (e.g. percentages, bar charts…) publicly
• Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. data privacy statement

Questions and reasons for them

• Age
  • Age can be a proxy for the time and resources people have. Young people might have more time and less money, but this changes with career or care duties later in life.
  • Hypothesis: That Wiki* communities tend to be younger up to middle-aged people
• Gender
  • A frequent assumption about Wiki* communities is that they are predominantly men. While this is plausible, we currently have no data on this.
• Country of residence:
  • The country of residence can be a proxy for the infrastructure in terms of internet access and education.
  • Similarly to gender, there is a hypothesis: A strong skew towards participants from Europe and North America.
• Education
  • Wiki projects are about knowledge that is usually taught in schools and universities. The hypothesis: People have it easier on Wiki projects if they spend more time in the education system
  • Wiki projects also draw strongly from academic practices like references on claims. Knowing these practices might also give people an easier start when getting involved in work on Wikidata.
• I am currently… [job/occupation/duties]
  • Participant’s employment status proxy their monetary resources as well as their time available and how easily they can decide what they do with their time.
  • People indicating that they have care duties might need long term planning, remote participation and maybe childcare at events.
• Field of work:
  • It can be an advantage if one works in areas that are somewhat related to Wikidata, as one can bring existing knowledge along, e.g. if one works in databases, libraries, programming…
• I have been active on Wikidata for
  • This is a proxy for the experience people have with working on Wikidata
  • It is also interesting if there is any pattern and correlation with other variables for this.
• On Wikidata, I made this many edits______[number]
  • The number of edits seems to serve as a sign of status; people strive to have many edits.
  • This is a proxy for the experience people have with working on Wikidata
  • It is also interesting if there is any pattern and correlation with other variables for this.
• In which of the following data related activities are you typically involved?
  • There is some research on role division on English Wikipedia, but we don't know a lot about this for Wikidata.
  • It is also interesting if there is any pattern and correlation with other variables for this.
• Anything else you would like us to know?
  • Space for your feedback!