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Experiences of editing Wikipedia Survey

We are researchers based at the University of Birmingham. We are carrying out a small project to find out more about how the editors who were involved in particular Editathons subsequently become involved in the Wikimedian community. 

We’d be very grateful if you could fill in the following survey. It should take no more than 10 minutes to complete the questions.
1.     Gender: please tick one
2.What is your age group?
3.Before attending a Wikipedia Editathon how often would you have accessed the internet
4.Please specify any prior training in which you had learnt
particular internet skills (tick all that apply)
5.Before becoming a Wikimedian, what previous experience of editing did you have from other contexts (e.g. editing assessed work in your education, editing documents as part of professional activities, or in relation to community groups)?
6.What factors prompted you to get involved with editing Wikipedia?
7.Which Ada Lovelace editathon did you attend?
8.What tools did you learn to use? (tick all that apply)
9.How easy did you find editing an article at the editathon
10.How easy did you find editing an article subsequently?
11.How did you decide which articles to contribute to at the editathon
12.How did you decide which articles to contribute to
afterwards
13.How would you describe your editing practices in Wikipedia now?
I have read a Wikipedia article:
14.How would you describe your editing practices in Wikipedia now?
I have edited by fixing a mistake
15.How would you describe your editing practices in Wikipedia now?
I have edited an entry by adding new material
16.How would you describe your editing practices in Wikipedia now?
I have added an image/graphic to an entry
17.How would you describe your editing practices in Wikipedia now?
I have started a new entry
18.Before you started editing Wikipedia what were your perceptions of the Wikimedian community?
19.What do you find most beneficial about being part of the community?
20.What is the most challenging aspect of being part of the Wikimedian community?
21.Are you aware of a gender gap in Wikipedia?
22.If yes, how important do you think this is?
23.Do you think gender has affected your personal experience of editing Wikipedia?
24.Would you be willing to talk to us in a longer interview about your experiences of editing Wikipedia?