We’re preparing a bigger survey that will see wider distribution, but to help me calibrate it and know what I want to ask, I want to run some preliminary questions here.

Your answers will help us improve the wiki in the short-term, so thanks for participating! You can simply comment below or send me a DM if you want to remain somewhat anonymous.

Section 1

  • Do you have an account on ProleWiki?
  • If not, why?
  • Were you aware that having an account on ProleWiki allows you to edit pages and participate in the editor community?

Section 2

  • How often do you visit ProleWiki in a week or month?
  • What keeps you coming back to ProleWiki?
  • What impact has ProleWiki had on you? Either positive or negative (please detail)

Section 3

  • Where do you feel ProleWiki is lacking?
  • Please take a page you remember that you didn’t entirely like and provide your criticism of it, not only on the content but on the phrasing as well. Please don’t choose a stub (we know they’re too short 🙏)
  • How would you rate the language and tone used on ProleWiki from 1 to 10? With 1 being casual (as if between friends), and 10 being academic (as if presenting a paper to an auditorium).
  • Do you perceive ProleWiki to be a credible encyclopedia?

Bonus question: how would you like to see ProleWiki evolve?

Be as honest as you can, I won’t take it personally.

Hexbearers can answer too now that we’re federated btw, but this remains a small-scale internal survey until the real big one gets published.

  • Trudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Section 1

    Do you have an account on ProleWiki?

    No

    If not, why?

    I do not make wiki accounts

    Were you aware that having an account on ProleWiki allows you to edit pages and participate in the editor community?

    No ** Section 2**

    How often do you visit ProleWiki in a week or month?

    Once or twice a month

    What keeps you coming back to ProleWiki?

    People linking to it

    What impact has ProleWiki had on you? Either positive or negative (please detail)

    Not much. ** Section 3**

    Where do you feel ProleWiki is lacking?

    Direction. Is it trying to be a wiki, a library, a journal for essays, or a quotes repository? I don’t go to the same website for multiple needs. For example, I don’t come to Lemmygrad for serious theory or organizing. ProleWiki is trying to be too many things at once, diluting its potential.

    Please take a page you remember that you didn’t entirely like and provide your criticism of it, not only on the content but on the phrasing as well. Please don’t choose a stub (we know they’re too short 🙏)

    https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Non-Aggression_between_Germany_and_the_Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics

    The article is too focused on defending the Soviet Union. I do agree with the article 100%, but I shouldn’t have to agree with an article. It should simply be relevant information presented in a concise, digestible way.

    How would you rate the language and tone used on ProleWiki from 1 to 10? With 1 being casual (as if between friends), and 10 being academic (as if presenting a paper to an auditorium).

    7-8

    Do you perceive ProleWiki to be a credible encyclopedia?

    Not yet.

    I am quite critical in this review, but I’m trying to give some honesty as a casual end-user. I like the work you guys are doing and think there is some real potential later down the road after some polish.