On Monday, December 14, 2015, Mark A. Hershberger <m...@nichework.com> wrote: > > TL;DR: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Usage_Report_2015 > > The MediaWiki Stakeholders User Group[1] wants to improve MediaWiki and > advocates the needs of MediaWiki users outside Wikimedia > Foundation-supported projects. > > But who is using MediaWiki? In an effort to answer this question the > MediaWiki Stakeholders’ Group organized a survey[2] during the summer of > 2015 and asked people using MediaWiki to respond. The result is a > sampling of over 100 responses from people using MediaWiki around the > world. The results were interesting. Folks from all sorts of communities > and industries use MediaWiki - from organizations like NASA, The UK LGBT > Archive, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and more. > > Combined with some statistics we were able to obtain with help from > individuals at the WMF, and the results of the survey we have completed > our MediaWiki Usage Report for 2015.[3] This report provides insight into > the various ways MediaWiki is being used - How people upgrade, what > extensions are their "must have's", what they enjoy about the software, > their concerns, and more. We encourage those using MediaWiki to have a > look and provide any feedback or thoughts. > > If you'd like to know more about the MediaWiki Stakeholders Group, or > to get involved, join us for one of our regular hangouts or leave a note > on our talk page.[4] > > MediaWiki Wishlist > > Combined with existing collaboration around request features and > responses from one particular survey question, "What would you like to > see most improved in MediaWiki the software?" we created a prioritized > 'wishlist' of MediaWiki features.[5] Our next project is figuring out how > to implement these requests. > > See Also > > * A raw download of the survey results (anonymized of course) can be > found on MediaWiki.org.[6] > > * If you were at our session at Wikimania 2015, this might sound > familiar. There we shared preliminary results[7] from the survey while we > were still collecting responses. > > Footnotes: > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group > > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2015_MediaWiki_User_Survey > > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Usage_Report_2015 > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group > > [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group/Tasks/Feature_wishlist > > [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2015_MediaWiki_User_Survey/Survey_Results_Anonymized.csv > > [7] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015_MediaWiki_User_Report.pdf > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Thanks for putting that together. The outcome is much more interesting than I expected it would be when I first heard the idea of a user survey. -- -bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
