Community Insights/2016-17 Report/Audience 1/Goal7

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Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

Executive summary

Survey design and process

How to interpret the data

Across audiences

Goal 1 - "Improving new editor engagement"

Goal 2 - "Improving community health"

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"

Question 150 (CS14)

When you have something you want to share related to your Wikimedia projects (e.g. editing, software, contests), where are you most likely to share it? Select all that apply

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 458

18% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Social media (e.g. facebook, twitter) (28%)

2 – A Wikimedia project page (e.g. wikipedia, wikisource) (57%)

3 – A Wikimedia mailing list (9%)

4 – Other websites (specify) (3%)

5 – Other mailing list (specify) (1%)

6 – Other (specify) (8%)

57% of participants share anything related to their Wikimedia projects on a Wikimedia project page and 28% share on social media.

Question 153 (CS05)

Which of the following do you use for editing Wikipedia? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 491

2% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Traditional wikitext mark up (92%)

2 – Visual editor (19%)

3 – Something else (5%)

92% of survey participants use traditional wiki mark up while 19% use visual editor.

Question 155 (CS06)

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

I believe that the visual editor is useful for new editors to contribute

Participants (n) = 406

Median = 4

15% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Strongly disagree (6%)

2 – Disagree (11%)

3 – Neither agree nor disagree (25%)

4 – Agree (37%)

5 – Strongly agree (20%)

Fifty-seven percent of participants agree or strongly agree that the visual editor is useful for new editors to contribute.

Question list

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"