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Editing Skills

Past use/access with Wikimedia

Have you ever edited Wikipedia (or any other Wikimedia projects) before?

Yes, I am an existing editor (please share your experience in the space below) No, but I have thought about it (please share why you did not edit No, I have never edited or contributed No, I did not realize I could

Current use/access to Wikimedia

How do you currently use Wikipedia/Wikimedia? (select all that apply)

Searching for information Fact checking to resolve disagreements Browsing and reading articles about new things Creating or editing articles Contributing pictures to Wikimedia Commons Other (please describe how else you use Wikipedia/Wikimedia

How often do you use Wikipedia/Wikimedia?

Less than once a month 1-3 times a month 4-5 times a month (about once a week) 2-3 times a week 4-5 times a week 6-7 times a week (about once a day) More than once a day

Current ability/skills to edit Wikimedia

To what extent do you feel prepared to edit Wikipedia?

Not at all Somewhat Moderately Quite a bit Completely

To what extent are you able to do each of the following on Wikipedia?

"Set up an account Create a user page Add things to your watchlist Check your watchlist Find articles marked for clean-up Find articles that need references Find articles that need photos or information Find the “edit” button on an article and make an edit For each, respondent, rates on 4-point scale: I need a lot more training to do this I may need some support to do this I can do this on my own I could show others how to do this