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Initial Report Last Modified: 02/25/2015 1. Compared to the Wikimedia Blog, would you say that the quality of the reports published in The Signpost is... # Answer Bar Response % 0 Much better 18 13% 1 Somewhat better 25 18% 2 About the same 20 14% 3 Somewhat worse 7 5% 4 Much worse 1 1% 5 Don't know 69 49% Total 140 Statistic Value Min Value 0 Max Value 5 Mean 3.11 Variance 4.01 Standard Deviation 2.00 Total Responses 140 2. Compared to national newspapers or news websites of your country, would you say that the quality of the reports published in The Signpost is... # Answer Bar Response % 0 Much better 8 6% 1 Somewhat better 27 19% 2 About the same 48 34% 3 Somewhat worse 41 29% 4 Much worse 6 4% 5 Don't know 10 7% Total 140 Statistic Value Min Value 0 Max Value 5 Mean 2.29 Variance 1.46 Standard Deviation 1.21 Total Responses 140 3. Compared to the Wikimedia Blog, would you say that your interest in the reports published in The Signpost is... # Answer Bar Response % 0 Much higher 37 26% 1 Somewhat higher 33 24% 2 About the same 17 12% 3 Somewhat less 4 3% 4 Much less 2 1% 5 Don't know 47 34% Total 140 Statistic Value Min Value 0 Max Value 5 Mean 2.30 Variance 4.34 Standard Deviation 2.08 Total Responses 140 4. How likely are you to recommend The Signpost to others? # Answer Bar Response % 1 Definitely will recommend 36 26% 2 Probably will recommend 49 35% 3 Not sure 37 26% 4 Probably will not recommend 15 11% 5 Definitely will not recommend 3 2% Total 140 Statistic Value Min Value 1 Max Value 5 Mean 2.29 Variance 1.07 Standard Deviation 1.03 Total Responses 140 5. If you have contacted The Signpost regular staff, how responsive were the staff to your questions or comments? # Answer Bar Response % 1 Very responsive 29 21% 2 Somewhat responsive 18 13% 3 Somewhat unresponsive 8 6% 4 Very unresponsive 3 2% 5 I have not attempted to contact the regular staff, or I don't remember 82 59% Total 140 Statistic Value Min Value 1 Max Value 5 Mean 3.65 Variance 2.92 Standard Deviation 1.71 Total Responses 140 6. How long have you read The Signpost? # Answer Bar Response % 0 Less than 1 month 1 1% 1 1 to 6 months 4 3% 2 6 months to 1 year 9 6% 3 1 to 2 years 20 14% 4 2 years or more 104 74% 5 Never read 2 1% Total 140 Statistic Value Min Value 0 Max Value 5 Mean 3.63 Variance 0.65 Standard Deviation 0.81 Total Responses 140 7. How often do you read The Signpost? # Answer Bar Response % 0 Usually once a week 89 64% 1 2 to 3 times a month 36 26% 2 Once a month 11 8% 3 Every 2-3 months 3 2% 4 2-3 times a year 0 0% 5 Once a year or less often 0 0% 6 Never 1 1% Total 140 Statistic Value Min Value 0 Max Value 6 Mean 0.52 Variance 0.75 Standard Deviation 0.87 Total Responses 140 8. For the following features, please let us know how interested you are in seeing them published on a regular basis. Completely Not very Neutral or Somewhat Very Total # Question Mean uninterested interested unsure interested interested Responses 1 The Featured Content Report (summaries of content that have passed quality reviews) 12 25 21 41 32 131 3.43 2 The Technology Report (news about Wikipedia's technical infrastructure and software) 2 21 26 41 41 131 3.75 3 The Traffic Report (news about Wikipedia articles with high readership) 7 18 20 51 35 131 3.68 4 The WikiProject Report (profiles of a variety of WikiProjects on English Wikipedia) 10 33 26 41 21 131 3.23 5 The Arbitration Report (summaries of activities by and about the Arbitration Committee) 5 15 27 50 34 131 3.71 6 The Discussion Report (summaries of open Requests for Comment and elections) 3 15 24 55 34 131 3.78 7 Wikipedia in Education (Signpost report that is independent of This Month in Education) 10 28 45 29 19 131 3.15 8 Gallery 18 23 39 35 16 131 3.06 9 In the Media (summaries of recent reports in non-Wikipedia news publications that mention Wikipedia) 2 7 8 42 72 131 4.34 News and Notes (news from around the Wikimedia universe such as chapters, Wikimania, the Wikimedia Foundation, and legal and financial 10 3 4 15 38 71 131 4.30 issues such as reports about paid editing, WMF-related lawsuits, and WMF grants) 11 Book reviews 15 26 38 27 25 131 3.16 Op-eds and forums (editorials by individual Wikipedians that do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Signpost, the Arbitration Committee, 12 5 6 23 45 52 131 4.02 or the Wikimedia Foundation) 13 News from other Wikimedia projects, such as Wikimedia Commons 3 7 32 46 43 131 3.91 14 Copies of Wikimedia Blog posts 18 22 52 31 8 131 2.92 15 Copies of other Wikimedia publications like "This Month in Education" and "VisualEditor News" 21 33 42 28 7 131 2.75 16 Editor of the Week (profiles of editors around English Wikipedia who do good work) 9 26 30 36 30 131 3.40 News and Notes (news from around the Op-eds and Wikimedia forums universe (editorials such as by In the Media chapters, The The individual Copies of Editor of The Wikipedia in (summaries Wikimania, Featured The The Traffic The Discussion Wikipedians News other the Week Arbitration Education of recent the Content Technology Report WikiProject Report that do not from Wikimedia (profiles Report (Signpost reports in Wikimedia Report Report (news (news Report (summaries necessarily other Copies of publications of editors (summaries report that non- Foundation, (summaries about about (profiles of a of open Book reflect the Wikimedia Wikimedia like "This around Statistic of activities is Gallery Wikipedia and legal of content Wikipedia's Wikipedia variety of Requests reviews opinions of projects, Blog Month in English by and independent news and that have technical articles WikiProjects for The such as posts Education" Wikipedia about the of This publications financial passed infrastructure with high on English Comment Signpost, Wikimedia and who do Arbitration Month in that issues quality and software) readership) Wikipedia) and the Commons "VisualEditor good Committee) Education) mention such as reviews) elections) Arbitration News" work) Wikipedia) reports Committee, about paid or the editing, Wikimedia WMF- Foundation) related lawsuits, and WMF grants) Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Max Value 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Mean 3.43 3.75 3.68 3.23 3.71 3.78 3.15 3.06 4.34 4.30 3.16 4.02 3.91 2.92 2.75 3.40 Variance 1.68 1.24 1.36 1.47 1.19 1.07 1.31 1.49 0.86 0.90 1.61 1.11 0.99 1.20 1.27 1.52 Standard 1.30 1.11 1.17 1.21 1.09 1.03 1.14 1.22 0.92 0.95 1.27 1.05 1.00 1.10 1.13 1.23 Deviation Total 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 Responses 9. What are the main ways that you see The Signpost first published each week? # Question Never see Rarely see Sometimes see Often see Always see Total Responses Mean 1 My talk page 76 1 1 8 45 131 2.58 2 Other users' talk pages 51 21 26 22 11 131 2.40 3 Twitter 115 5 7 4 0 131 1.24 4 Facebook 109 7 11 3 1 131 1.32 5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost 37 15 22 23 34 131 3.02 6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single 63 16 20 14 18 131 2.30 7 The WikimediaAnnounce-l email list 112 5 4 5 5 131 1.37 8 The Wikimedia-l email list 104 7 9 5 6 131 1.49 9 https://identi.ca/wikisignpost 127 3 1 0 0 131 1.04 10 RSS 125 3 0 1 2 131 1.11 11 Other people tell me 117 6 5 2 1 131 1.20 12 Other 99 9 6 5 12 131 1.64 Other My The The Other users' Statistic talk Twitter Facebook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single WikimediaAnnounce- Wikimedia- https://identi.ca/wikisignpost RSS people Other talk page l email list l email list tell me pages Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Max Value 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 Mean 2.58 2.40 1.24 1.32 3.02 2.30 1.37 1.49 1.04 1.11 1.20 1.64 Variance 3.61 1.87 0.47 0.62 2.48 2.23 0.99 1.17 0.05 0.33 0.42 1.66 Standard 1.90 1.37 0.69 0.79 1.57 1.49 0.99 1.08 0.23 0.57 0.65 1.29 Deviation Total 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 Responses 10.
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