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===Page 2: use of discussion pages (answer no to Q1)=== |
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#Why have you not edited talk pages? |
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#:I tried, but it was too difficult; |
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#:I did not know that they existed; |
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#:I have no reason to use them. |
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===Page 3: improvements to discussion pages=== |
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Revision as of 21:27, 18 December 2013
Survey draft
Page 1: basic information
- Have you ever edited a 'talk' page? (smaller text: These are discussion pages, and feature the word 'talk' in their title - for example, "Talk:Barack Obama", or "User talk:Mr Smith", or "Wikipedia talk:Accessibility"._
- Rationale: the purpose of this is to drill down to what we actually want, which is a way to gauge how many people have successfully contributed to a talk page (or haven't!) and split both groups for successive questions. The smaller text exists to cover the possibility that people are unfamiliar with thinking of them as 'talk pages' - maybe they see them as forums, or discussion pages, or just treat their own user talk page as a 'messages' page. One risk of this approach is that people will visit the examples given, and in doing so the group who haven't contributed to talk pages will, as a result, be biased for Q2. Another thing to consider is whether to change 'edited' to 'successfully edited'; people may think of any attempt as editing. Or maybe we should just use "contributed"?
- Whether you have contributed to them or not, how do you think people are meant to use talk pages? Tick all that apply.
- To ask for help in editing Wikipedia;
- To report problems with an article, or discuss improvements to it;
- To discuss the subject of an article generally, without considering problems or improvements;
- To discuss problems with a user, or improvements they can make to their editing;
- To discuss things unrelated to Wikipedia.
- Rationale: the purpose of this question is to find out how new-ish contributors understand the purposes of talk pages. Option 1 is modified in line with Martynas's suggestions (to avoid confusion between 'I need help editing!' and 'I need help writing my homework!'), and options will be presented in a random order on a per-respondent basis. Obviously, suggestions for more options/more precise options are welcomed.
Page 2: use of discussion pages (answer yes to Q1)
Page 2: use of discussion pages (answer no to Q1)
- Why have you not edited talk pages?
- I tried, but it was too difficult;
- I did not know that they existed;
- I have no reason to use them.
- Rationale: