Community Insights/2016-17 Report/Audience 5/Goal2

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Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

Executive summary

Survey design and process

How to interpret the data

Developers

Goal 1 - "Improving new editor engagement"

Goal 2 - "Improving community health"

Question 504 (Q314)

Over the last 12 months, which of the following types of offline Wikimedia events have you attended? Select all that apply.

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 57

0% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Local meetups (65%)

2 – Regional hackathon (14%)

3 – Regional conferences (42%)

4 – International hackathon (46%)

5 – International conferences (68%)

Question 505 (CE16)

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

Participants (n) = 93

Median = 0

1 – No (58%)

2 – Yes (42%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 42% reported feeling unsafe in any Wikimedia online or offline space, including being harassed, bullied, attacked, etc.

Question 506 (AL02)

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

Participants (n) = 64

Median = 7

1 – 2001 (4.7%)

2 – 2002 (5%)

3 – 2003 (3%)

4 – 2004 (9%)

5 – 2005 (14%)

6 – 2006 (8%)

7 – 2007 (14%)

8 – 2008 (6%)

9 – 2009 (5%)

10 – 2010 (3%)

11 – 2011 (3%)

12 – 2012 (2%)

13 – 2013 (6%)

14 – 2014 (2%)

15 – 2015 (5%)

16 – 2016 (11%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median year in which technical contributors began contributing to the Wikimedia movement or its projects was 2007.

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"