Mobile Contribution Discovery at Wikimania 2015

Goals of this Research
Since Wikimania is a great place to talk with and learn from wiki contributors of all kinds, we decided to learn what we could from contributors about mobile contributions at Wikimania 2015. If people do not contribute on mobile, we want to better understand why not, as well as learning from those who do contribute via mobile devices.

This research will serve as a very beginning of deeper mobile contribution research, potentially providing some hypotheses for how to proceed.

Methods
The Wikimedia Design Research team had a table at Wikimania 2015. At this booth, we invited people to participate in this mobile contribution research via two methodologies.

Survey
This simple survey asked basic questions about mobile contribution. We printed it on paper (as sometimes paper is the best technology), and made it so people can fill it out on their laptop or mobile device. There were 54 total responses to the survey.

Interviews
We interviewed as many people who were willing to talk with us and show us how they contribute to wiki projects on mobile devices. 14 people participated, and we recorded each interview to be able to see how people use their mobile devices.

Analysis
Once back to work post WIkimania, we will be do analysis, by looking at the survey data as well as reviewing the recordings of interviews. Once our analysis is complete, we will share findings here on this page.