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Below, we have listed different social problems that some Wikimedians are concerned about.
Please rate the severity of each issue within the Wikimedia project(s) where you contribute: - Spam and promotional editing
9% selected "No opinion" [?]
1 – None (27%) 2 – Very mild (20%) 3 – Mild (19%) 4 – Moderate (19%) 5 – Severe (9%) 6 – Very severe (6%)
34% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated spam and promotional editing as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 9% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
Response statistics
Value
Total participants [?] 3439 (100%)
Answered question [?] 3324 (97%)
Skipped question [?] 115 (3%)
Dropped out [?] (not available)
Selected not applicable [?] not an option
Participants in graph (n) [?] 3040 (88%)
Margin of error [?] n/a
Descriptive statistics
Value
Normal distribution [?] No
Mean [?] 2.82
Median [?] 3
Mode' [?] 1
Standard deviation [?] 1.52
Interquartile range [?] 3
