Good morning: I don´t know why people read Wikipedia, pero creo que sé por qué la gente lee Wikipedia en español.
As someone said: Wikipedia is more than just the English Wikipedia. A survey like this is only valid if it includes more languages. Rgrds -----Mensaje original----- De: Gerard Meijssen via Wiki-research-l <[email protected]> Enviado el: martes, 19 de mayo de 2026 20:51 Para: [email protected] CC: Isaac Johnson <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Debra Kumar <[email protected]>; Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> Asunto: [Wiki-research-l] Re: Why people read Wikipedia - the question returns PRECAUCIÓN: Este mensaje proviene de un remitente EXTERNO a UDIT. No haga clic en enlaces ni abra archivos adjuntos a menos que reconozca al remitente y sepa que el contenido es seguro. Hoi, My last blog was about my disappointment about that last survey [1]. I do understand the value of repeated surveys; it provides understanding of the trends related to the subject that is researched. However, given that Wikimedia is more than just Wikipedia and Wikipedia is more than just the English Wikipedia and its biases the point to expanding a potential survey to include all of Wikimedia and seeking out all the avenues for more public to and contributors for what we aim to achieve; access to the sum of all knowledge. When we want to know what it is a public seeks and what triggers a visit, limiting the scope is exactly what holds us back. Thanks, GerardM [1] https://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2026/04/what-is-utility-of-wikimedia-projects.html On Mon, 18 May 2026 at 15:25, Debra Kumar via Wiki-research-l < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lodewijk! The Global Readers Survey has been the yearly followup to > the Why We Read Wikipedia survey - in that it's been asking the > motivation question year over year, though with some tweaks to the > question over time which limits the ability to compare over time > (changing from single-select to multi-select). The 2025 Global Reader > Survey was just published to Meta recently, and you can find it here: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Measurem > ent/Readers_Survey_2025 > > Best, > Debra > > On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 10:46 AM Isaac Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > cc'ing Debra, who I think can help answer your question Lodewijk! > > > > For context for other folks, the referenced surveys were the ones > > described here: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_Wikipedia_Read > er_Behaviour > > . > > > > Best, > > Isaac > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM effe iets anders via > > Wiki-research-l < [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I was wondering if anyone has tried to re-run the 'why people read > >> wikipedia' survey (ideally with the same design as the MC survey > >> etc) after the original wave, or something that looks similar > >> enough that it could > be > >> used to validate how relevant the numbers are over time? > >> > >> Warmly, > >> Lodewijk > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > >> > > > > > > -- > > Isaac Johnson <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Isaac_(WMF)> > (he/him) > > -- Senior Research Scientist -- Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > -- > *Debra Kumar* (she/her) > Manager, User Experience Research > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
