User:Gaidheal1/Survey responses

Hello, Gaidheal1, and welcome to Wikimedia Demographics. This is a resource for studying the culture of Wikimedia, the cultural phenomenon of Wikimedia, and the hopes and aspirations of the Wikimedians themselves.

To participate, all that's required is to fill in the responses to the template that you will see when you edit this page. When you're done, you will see the results and further instructions.

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The basic survey asks broad questions about who you are and how you participate in Wikimedia projects. Options for answering are as follows:

• For the next 10 questions, you will be asked about your level of involvement in the various Wikimedia wikis, rating your participation from 0-4.
  • 4 = Your primary project, where you spend most of your energy as a contributor.
  • 3 = Projects you regularly contribute to, though not as much as your primary
  • 2 = Projects you occaisionally contribute to
  • 1 = Projects you rarely contribute to
  • 0 = Projects you don't contribute to, but do read and use
  • leave blank if you neither use nor contribute to the project in question.
• For the next 2 questions (IRC and mailinglist usage), you will again be asked to rate your participation, this time from 1-4 (default does nothing)
  • 4 = You regularly use, follow, or post on IRC or at least one of the Wikimedia mailinglists
  • 3 = You occaisionaly use, follow, or post on IRC or at least one of the Wikimedia mailinglists
  • 2 = You rarely use, follow, or post on IRC or at least one of the Wikimedia mailinglists
  • 1 = You never use, follow, or post on IRC or at least one of the Wikimedia mailinglists
• Enter the four digit year when you made your first edit to a wikimedia project
• The next question asks whether you are an administrator on any Wikimedia project. Please answer "y" or "n" (default does nothing)
• Indicate your gender using "m" for male, "f" for female, and "t" for transgendered
• Indicate where you live in the world using:
  • "ne" for the northeast quadrant (Europe, Asia, North Africa, etc.)
  • "nw" for the northwest quadrant (North America, Carribean, etc.)
  • "se" for the southeast quadrant (Africa, Australia, etc.)
  • "sw" for the southwest quadrant (South America, etc.)

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Hello, Gaidheal1. This survey asks whether you are a citizen, a resident, or have visited countries in North America.

To answer, use the following key terms after the "=" for each country that applies:

• cr - Citizen and resident
• ncr - Non-citizen resident
• cnr - Citizen, but not a resident
• v - Have visited or previously resided in (but not a citizen)

If you want to answer for a country that does not appear on this template, see Template:Wmdgs-nationality, residence, and travel (North America) for instructions (a preload template is available, so minimal template experience is required!), and add the country to the template.

Hello, Gaidheal1. This survey asks whether you are a citizen, a resident, or have visited countries in Europe

To answer, use the following key terms after the "=" for each country that applies:

• cr - Citizen and resident
• ncr - Non-citizen resident
• cnr - Citizen, but not a resident
• v - Have visited or previously resided in (but not a citizen)

If you want to answer for a country that does not appear on this template, see Template:Wmdgs-nationality, residence, and travel (Europe) for instructions (a preload template is available, so minimal template experience is required!), and add the country to the template.

Gaidheal1 in Africa

Gaidheal1 in Asia

Gaidheal1 in South America

Gaidheal1 in Oceania

Hello, Gaidheal1, and thanks for your interest in Wikipedia.

This survey currently contain questions about the quality of Wikipedia articles, the notability policy, the number of policies, and Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee, which among other things will be used for the Wikiversity resource on that subject. 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:

• Article reliability - In your experience, how reliable are Wikipedia articles? Rate 1-5, with 5 meaning "usually reliable", 1 meaning "usually unreliable", and 3 meaning "reliable about half the time".
• Article depth - In your experience, how deeply do Wikipedia articles address their subjects? Rate 1-5, with 5 meaning "usually deep enough", 1 meaning "usually not deep enough", and 3 meaning "deep enough about half the time".
• Strength of notability requirement - In your experience, how well do Wikipedia's notability requirements work? Rate 1-5, with 5 meaning "too strong", 4 meaning "the right strength, but often interpreted too strongly", 3 meaning "about the right strength", 4 meaning "the right strength, but often interpreted too weakly", 1 meaning "not strong enough".
• Number of policies - In your experience, does Wikipedia have the right number of policies? Rate 1-3, with 3 meaning "too many policies", 2 meaning "the right number of policies", and 1 meaning "not enough policies".
• Rating of ARBCOM - In your experience, how well does Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee work? Rate 1-5, with 5 meaning "fully support", 4 meaning "support, but improvements are needed", 3 meaning "neutral on ARBCOM", 4 meaning "do not support, but would support if improved", 1 meaning "strongly oppose ARBCOM in any form".
• Are you a current or former member of ARBCOM - answer y or n
• Have you ever been an involved party in an ARBCOM case - answer y or n

Hello, Gaidheal1, 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

Hello, Gaidheal1, 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.
  • answer yes or no (y/n)

Hello, Gaidheal1, and thanks for your interest in sexuality and relationships.

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:

• What is your sexual preference
  • 1 - Heterosexual
  • 2 - Bisexual
  • 3 - Homosexual
• are you single, in a long-term relationship, married, divorced, or widowed
  • 1 - Single (not in any long-term relationship)
  • 2 - In a long-term relationship
  • 3 - Married
  • 4 - Divorced
  • 5 - Widow/Widower
• are you sexually active -- y for yes, n for no
• do you support legal abortion -- y for yes, n for no
• do you use condoms -- note: if you are married or in a long term relationship and "no longer" use them, use answer 3
  • 1 - Always
  • 2 - Sometimes
  • 3 - Not with your current partner
  • 4 - Never
• do you believe sexual preference is genetically determined -- y for yes, n for no
• do you believe homosexual sex is immoral - y for yes (it is immoral), n for no (it is not immoral)
• do you believe premarital sex is immoral - y for yes (it is immoral), n for no (it is not immoral)