Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 239-ED06

Editing activities

Question 239 (ED06)

Activity 1 of 11: Editing pages using the standard wikitext and visual editors (e.g. adding or removing text; inserting headings, citations, and images) How important is this activity in your contributions to Wikimedia projects?

Participants (n) = 3239 margin of error = n/a Median = 5 See more >>

Very active and active editors differ

4% selected "No opinion" [?] 1 – 0 Not at all important (4%) 2 – 1 Slightly important (7%) 3 – 2 Fairly important (13%) 4 – 3 Quite important (20%) 5 – 4 Essential (57%)

77% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that editing pages using the standard wikitext and visual editors is quite important or essential.

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Statistics

Response statistics	Value
Total participants[?]	3380 (100%)
Answered question[?]	3361 (99%)
Skipped question[?]	19 (1%)
Dropped out[?]	(not available)
Selected not applicable[?]	not an option
Participants in graph (n)[?]	3239 (96%)
Margin of error[?]	n/a

Descriptive statistics	Value
Normal distribution[?]	No
Mean[?]	4.18
Median[?]	5
Mode'[?]	5
Standard deviation[?]	1.14
Interquartile range[?]	1