Wikimedia Norge's community survey was held to find out more about our user base, both members and other Wikimedia users in Norway. The survey was primarily distributed with CentralNotice on all projects in Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk, and CentralNotice on all English-language projects for users in Norway, but also via e-mail to all members of Wikimedia Norge and on the Facebook pages for Wikipedia in Bokmål, Wikipedia in Northern Sami and Wikimedia Norge. The survey was active from 8 November till 6 December 2016, and there was a total of 121 participating users.
Questions and answers
1. Which sentence is true for you?
This was a multiple choice question; users could select more than one option.
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
I am a member of the association Wikimedia Norge
37
30.58 %
I am an active contributor to Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects
91
75.21 %
None of the above
19
15.7 %
Total
121
100 %
2. Have you heard about Wikimedia Norge before this survey?
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
Yes
91
75.83 %
No
22
18.33 %
Not sure
7
5.83 %
Total
120
100 %
3. For how long have you been a member of Wikimedia Norge?
This question was only shown to those indicating they are a member in question 1.
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
Less than a year
5
13.89 %
1–5 years
10
27.78 %
More than 5 years
19
52.78 %
Not sure
2
5.56 %
Total
36
100 %
4. For how long have you been a contributor to Wikipedia and/or other Wikimedia projects?
This question was only shown to those who indicated that they were a contributor in question 1.
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
Less than a year
5
5.75 %
1–5 years
18
20.69 %
5–10 years
31
35.63 %
More than ten years
32
36.78 %
Not sure
1
1.15 %
Total
87
100 %
5. What motivates you to contributo to Wikimedia projects?
This question was only shown to those who indicated that they were a contributor in question 1.
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
A: I want to share my knowledge with others
55
63.22 %
B: I like creating things in collaboration with others
33
37.93 %
C: I think the wiki projects are important collaborative projects that I would like to be a part of
64
73.56 %
D: Contributing motivates me to learn new things
49
56.32 %
Other
9
10.34 %
Total
87
100 %
Other answers (in summary)
It is fun.
I use Wikipedia, so I should give something back.
I like encyclopedias.
I like proofreading.
I wish to counteract anglification.
6. Do you feel informed about what Wikimedia Norge is doing?
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
Yes
56
47.86 %
No
61
52.14 %
Total
117
100 %
7. How would you prefer to get information about Wikimedia Norge's activities?
This question was only shown to those who said no to question 6. The question allowed several options.
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
A: E-mail
12
21.82 %
B: Facebook
2
3.64 %
C: Newsletter on my user talk page
13
23.64 %
D: Twitter
1
1.82 %
Other
8
14.55 %
I don't want to be informed
19
34.55 %
Total
55
100 %
Other answers (in summary)
Notifications on the village pumps or noticeboard.
Blog.
8. What kinds of activities would you be most interested in?
This was a multiple choice question; users could select more than one option.
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
A: Real-life events
50
58.14 %
B: Online events like Wiki Loves Monuments
30
34.88 %
C: Other online events (not contests)
32
37.21 %
D: Advanced workshops
37
43.02 %
Other
7
8.14 %
Total
86
100 %
9. Have you previously participated in real-life wiki events?
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
Yes, several times
35
33.02 %
Yes, once
10
9.43 %
No, but I would like to
19
17.92 %
No
42
39.62 %
Total
106
100 %
10. Would you be interested in helping arrange wiki events (with support from Wikimedia Norge)?
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
Yes
37
35.92 %
No
66
64.08 %
Total
103
100 %
11. In that case, what kinds of events would you like to contribute to?
This question was only shown to those who said yes to question 10. The question allowed multiple options.
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
A: Social meetups
25
75.76 %
B: Editathons
22
66.67 %
C: Newbie training
15
45.45 %
Other
1
3.03 %
Total
33
100 %
Other answers (in summary)
Producing videos.
12. Other comments
We got 14 answers to the free-form field for other comments. Some of them, in summary, are given below:
The challenge for WMNO is involving members who are not on the board.
Wikimedia Norge focuses too much on Wikipedia in Bokmål, at the expense of Nynorsk and Northern Sami. The efforts should be directed outwards to external instances that can help remove bottlenecks.
Make a better survey.
I wish to know more about Wikimedia Norge and what they do, it's not obvious from their website. I also want information about how to contribute, there was no information about that on the website.
13. Which projects do you contribute to?
This question was only shown to those who indicated they were a contributor in question 1. The question allowed several options.
Answer
No. of answers
Percentage
WP: Wikipedia
80
98.77 %
C: Wikimedia Commons
53
65.43 %
WD: Wikidata
31
38.27 %
WB: Wikibooks
1
1.23 %
WK: Wikisource
6
7.41 %
Other
9
11.11 %
Total
81
100 %
Other answers (in summary)
Wiktionary (×3)
Wikivoyage (×3)
Meta (×3)
OpenStreetMap
Wikispecies
WikiStrinda
Incubator
Translatewiki
Wikiversity
14. What languages do you contribute to?
This question was only shown to those who indicated that they were a contributor in question 1. The question allowed several options.
