Re: [Wiki-research-l] Studies on motivations of volunteer wikipedians?

Hello Peeter, Le dimanche 21 février 2016, 10:39:10 Peeter Tinits a écrit : > > I am new to the list, so I hope this is the right place. Welcome to the list :) > I'm looking for studies or good sources on what motivates the volunteer > Wikipedians to become involved and stay involved in writing

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Studies on motivations of volunteer wikipedians?

Dear Peeter,If you can read the French I can send you my Master 2 dissertation in sociology. Maybe you could at least look at the bibliography to look for sources.Best regards,--Theo HENRI dissertation_bibliography.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document Le 21 févr. 2016 à 10:53, Marc Miquel

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Studies on motivations of volunteer wikipedians?

Dear Peeter, I agree that Editors' motivation is multi-layered. There has been research on it since 2005 or 2007. Sometimes by means of surveys addressing the different categories or motives, while in other occasions they are complemented by computational analysis. I had to review the motivation f

[Wiki-research-l] Studies on motivations of volunteer wikipedians?

Dear Wiki-research list members, I am new to the list, so I hope this is the right place. I'm looking for studies or good sources on what motivates the volunteer Wikipedians to become involved and stay involved in writing articles to and editing Wikipedia? This motivation is probably quite mu