Community Insights/2016-17 Report/Audience 2/Goal2

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Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

Executive summary

Survey design and process

How to interpret the data

Editors

Goal 1 - "Improving new editor engagement"

Goal 2 - "Improving community health"

Question 205 (CE16)

Have you ever felt unsafe in any Wikimedia online or offline space, including being harassed, bullied, attacked, etc.?

Participants (n) = 3753

margin of error = n/a

Median = 0

1 – No (71%)

2 – Yes (29%)

29% of sampled editors who participated in the survey have felt unsafe in any Wikimedia online or offline space.

Question 206 (AL02)

In what year did you begin contributing to the Wikimedia movement or its projects?

Participants (n) = 3200

margin of error = n/a

Median = 9

1 – 2001 (0.9%)

2 – 2002 (1%)

3 – 2003 (2%)

4 – 2004 (6%)

5 – 2005 (8%)

6 – 2006 (11%)

7 – 2007 (9%)

8 – 2008 (9%)

9 – 2009 (7%)

10 – 2010 (7%)

11 – 2011 (6%)

12 – 2012 (7%)

13 – 2013 (6%)

14 – 2014 (8%)

15 – 2015 (7%)

16 – 2016 (8%)

From the sampled editors who participated in the survey, the year in which editors reported beginning to contribute was highest in 2006.

Question list

Goal 3 - "Improving collaboration and communications between the Foundation and communities"

Goal 4 - "Improving collaboration and communications around software development"

Goal 5 - "Improving collaboration with affiliates related to partnerships"

Goal 6 - "Improving software for contributors"

Goal 7 - "Increasing software awareness and use"

Goal 8 - "Growing the Wikimedia technical community"

Goal 9 - "Improving information sharing for program leaders and affiliates"

Goal 10 - "Developing the capacity of affiliates"

Goal 11 - "Developing the capacity of program leaders"

Goal 12 - "Improving access to research materials by contributors"

Goal 13 - "Improving understanding of movement fundraising and fundraising needs"

Goal 14 - "Increasing awareness of GLAM and Libraries"

Goal 15 - "Increasing knowledge and capacity related to policy issues"