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Welcome!Hello, Countrymike, and thanks for your interest in Wikimedia Commons.
This survey currently contain questions about how you participate in Wikimedia Commons, how it is organized, and a general policies.
Accepted responses (defined by the template script) to the current questions are as follows:
of the images you have uploaded to commons, are they primarily own work or from elsewhere -- where do your uploads come from?
1 - Exclusively your own work
2 - Mostly your own work
3 - About half your own work
4 - Mostly not your own work
1 - Exclusively not your own work
when looking for an image or other media files on commons, is it easy to find what you're loooking for -- using any search method
1 - easy
2 - sometimes difficult
3 - often difficult
how much do you work on categorizing commons
1 - You don't categorize at all
2 - You categorize your own images, but nothing else
3 - You occasionally categorize images that you did not upload
4 - You regularly categorize images that you did not upload
should all images be organized by gallery or category -- there are "competing theories" about how to organize commons using the category system. These questions refer specifically to adding categories to media files, as opposed to adding them to galleries of files and leaving only the licensing categories on the images.
1 - All media files should be categorized, regardless of whether they are in a gallery or not
2 - All media files should be categorized and linked by a gallery
3 - All media files should either be categorized or in a gallery, but not both
4 - All media files should be in galleries, and should not be categorized at all
do you support web-crawling for images using tools such as FlickrLickr -- the use of automated scripts and bots to search the internet for freely licensed images has supporters and detractors.
1 - Support
2 - Neutral
3 - Oppose
Should featured media and media of the year be restricted to works created by Wikimedians -- "featured pictures" are shown on the main page of commons, and additional awards are given for all sorts of media. Should these be restricted to commons contributors? Wikimedia contributors?
1 - Only media that is uploaded directly to commons should be considered
2 - Only media that is uploaded to commons or another wikimedia project should be considered
3 - All media should be considered, regardless of its source
are you an administrator on commons -- y for yes, n for no
Do you support the policy of removing administrator status from inactive administrators -- a policy was recently enacted which requires administrators to use their administrative tools in order to keep these permissions.
1 - Current activity requirements should be higher
2 - Current activity requirements are about right
3 - Current activity requirements are too high
4 - Oppose any activity requirements
Should users be allowed to ask that their files be deleted from commons
1 - Yes, uploaders should have the right to see their uploads deleted without explanation or apology
2 - Yes, uploaders should have the right to see their uploads deleted without explanation or apology, unless the file is already being used on a Wikimedia project
3 - Yes, uploaders should have the right to see their uploads deleted without explanation or apology, so long as another file is available to illustrate the subject(s)
4 - No, uploaders should not have the right to see their uploads deleted unless there is reason to believe that there may be licensing problems
5 - No, uploaders should not have the right to see their uploads deleted unless there is solid evidence that there are licensing problems
Welcome!Hello, Countrymike, and thanks for your interest in the 2008 US presidential elections.
This survey currently contains questions about the primary campaigns.
Other questions will be added to this survey as they become available (you can request or announce new additions here).
Accepted responses to the current questions are as follows:
Are you eligible to vote in this election? -- Please note that we are interested in the opinions of Wikimedians who are not eligible!
Answer yes or no (y/n).
How closely have you been following the campaigns? -- a general question
3 = closely ; 2 = somewhat ; 1 = not at all
Are you a Democrat, Republican, or other? -- Questions about minor party affiliations can be added later.
D = Democrat ; ID = Independent leaning Democrat ; IO = independent/other ; IR = independent leaning Republican ; R = Republican
Of the Democratic Party/Republican Party candidates, which do you like the best/think will be nominated?
Use the last name on the candidates, in ALL CAPS. "#switch:" functions will be added to the template over the next day or so, see the template page for details.
Has your rating of the Democratic/Republican Party candidates changed since the first time you took this survey? -- opinions sometimes change
Answer yes or no (y/n)
How well does the Wikipedia article on the Iowa caucus/US Electoral College explain that process? -- tell us how well Wikipedia is doing! More questions of this type will be added for relevant articles and other Wikimedia resources as time goes on.
4 = very informative ; 3 = somewhat informative ; 2 = not informative ; 1 = misleading
Did the results of the Iowa caucus or the New Hampshire primary affect your potential vote? -- The "pundits" have been very excited about this topic.
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