Submissions:2021/Survey Says: What Wiki Education's program participants say about joining the Wikipedia and Wikidata communities

This submission has been accepted for WikiConference North America 2021.

Etherpad

Title:

Survey Says: What Wiki Education's program participants say about joining the Wikipedia and Wikidata communities

Theme:

Global & Local, Relationship Building & Support, Inclusion & Diversity, Depth & Breadth for Newer Editors

Type of session:

Presentation

Abstract:

In an effort to continually improve our programmatic offerings, Wiki Education regularly surveys its program participants. As a result, we have a wealth of data about newcomers' experiences on Wikipedia and Wikidata. In this panel, Wiki Education staff will share and discuss some of the most critical findings we've collected from our participant surveys. We'll explore feedback we've received from participants both in our Wikipedia Student Program as well as our Scholars & Scientists program. Topics to be covered include: challenges first-time editors face, what draws participants to Wikipedia, what scares newbies away, shifting attitudes of first-time editors, community interactions, and recommendations on how to improve the experience for all new-comers based on survey feedback.

Academic Peer Review option:

No

Author name:

Jami Mathewson, Helaine Blumenthal, Will Kent

E-mail address:

jamiwikiedu.org, helainewikiedu.org, willwikiedu.org

Wikimedia username:

Jami (Wiki Ed), Helaine (Wiki Ed), Will (Wiki Ed)

Affiliated organization(s):

Wiki Education

Estimated time:

30 minutes

Special requests:

We may need assistance for visual impairment; most likely we will only have a few slides

Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:

No

If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)

Unconference