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Phase III Short Survey
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Description

This tracks the deployment and undeployment of closed-ended short quantitative reader use case and demographic surveys (Stage 3 in T398379).

Objective: recruit ~3000 readers from English Wikipedia to answer a series of closed-ended questions about reading session use cases and basic demographics (age, gender, education, and English language nativity) to better understand the prevalence of reader use cases and their relationship to reader attributes.

Audience: English Wikipedia, logged out only
Fielding Dates: October 2 - October 7, 2025
Coverage: 4% / 0.04
Survey Type: Internal, multi-question Quicksurvey
Survey Name: English Wikipedia Readers Use Cases Survey

Tasks

  • Pre-deploy survey
  • Create messages
  • Deploy survey
  • Disable survey
Tests
  • Test survey appears as expected
  • Test survey branches as designed
  • Test survey initiation and responses recorded in QS init and QS response tables
Survey
Messages
  • q1 - Single choice question: "What was the main reason for your visit to Wikipedia this time?"
  • q2 - Single choice question: "What best describes the type of information you were looking for?"
  • q3 - Single choice question: "How often do you read about this topic or similar topics on Wikipedia? Please consider not just this article, but also related topics and articles."
  • q4 - Single choice question: "Were you able to find the information you were looking for on Wikipedia?"
  • q4x - Single choice question: "How often do you visit Wikipedia?"
  • q5 - Single choice question: "What is your age?"
  • q6 - Single choice question: "Are you currently enrolled as a student in school (for example, high school, vocational or trade school, a college or university)?"
    • q6a1 - This answer choice routes to Q7A
    • q6a2 - This answer choice routes to Q7B
    • q6a3 - This answer choice routes to Q7B
    • q6a4 - This answer choice routes to Q7B
  • q7a - Single choice question (only show if Q6A1 chosen): "Are you currently…"
  • q7b - Single choice question (only show if Q6A1 NOT CHOSEN): "What is the highest level of formal education you have completed?"
  • q8 - Single choice question: "Is English your first or primary language?"
  • q9 - Multiple choice question - please add this as a description to the text linked here as a description. : "Which of these categories describe your gender identity?"

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:
SubjectRepoBranchLines +/-
Undeploy reader foundational survey on enwikioperations/mediawiki-configmaster+0 -230
Deploy reader foundational survey on enwikioperations/mediawiki-configmaster+1 -1
Update reader foundational survey on enwikioperations/mediawiki-configmaster+15 -0
Update reader foundational survey on enwikioperations/mediawiki-configmaster+11 -10
Remove reader foundational survey on enwiki (beta)operations/mediawiki-configmaster+0 -211
Reader foundational on enwiki (beta): Add additional configoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+10 -0
Pre-deploy reader foundational survey on enwikioperations/mediawiki-configmaster+214 -0
Create Reader foundational research phase III survey on enwiki (beta)operations/mediawiki-configmaster+203 -2
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gerritbot added a comment.Sep 25 2025, 1:32 PM

Change #1191405 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Create Reader foundational research phase III survey on enwiki (beta)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191405

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 25 2025, 1:32 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Sep 25 2025, 1:53 PM

Change #1191405 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Create Reader foundational research phase III survey on enwiki (beta)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191405

gerritbot added a comment.Sep 25 2025, 2:16 PM

Change #1191427 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Reader foundational on enwiki (beta): Add additional config

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191427

gerritbot added a comment.Sep 25 2025, 2:19 PM

Change #1191427 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Reader foundational on enwiki (beta): Add additional config

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191427

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 25 2025, 2:32 PM
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Change #1191454 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Pre-deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191454

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 25 2025, 5:11 PM
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gerritbot added a comment.Sep 25 2025, 8:17 PM

Change #1191454 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Pre-deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191454

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 25 2025, 8:18 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-25T20:18:25Z] <dani@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1191454|Pre-deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1191425|Deploy Design Research participant recruitment survey on jawiki (T405577)]]

Stashbot mentioned this in T405577: Deploy QuickSurvey for research participant registration drive on jawiki.Sep 25 2025, 8:18 PM
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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-25T20:24:34Z] <dani@deploy2002> dani: Backport for [[gerrit:1191454|Pre-deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1191425|Deploy Design Research participant recruitment survey on jawiki (T405577)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 25 2025, 8:31 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-25T20:31:00Z] <dani@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1191454|Pre-deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1191425|Deploy Design Research participant recruitment survey on jawiki (T405577)]] (duration: 12m 35s)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 25 2025, 8:32 PM
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Change #1191510 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191510

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 25 2025, 9:12 PM
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Change #1191691 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Remove reader foundational survey on enwiki (beta)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191691

YLiou_WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 29 2025, 6:59 PM
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gerritbot added a comment.Sep 30 2025, 8:06 PM

Change #1191691 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Remove reader foundational survey on enwiki (beta)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191691

gerritbot added a comment.Sep 30 2025, 8:06 PM

Change #1191510 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Update reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191510

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 30 2025, 8:07 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-30T20:07:36Z] <dani@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1191691|Remove reader foundational survey on enwiki (beta) (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1192555|Increase coverage of Design Research participant recruitment survey on jawiki (T405577)]], [[gerrit:1191510|Update reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1192595|Enable USERLANGUAGE for sourceswiki (T406050)]]

Stashbot mentioned this in T406050: Enable USERLANGUAGE magic word for the multilingual Wikisource.Sep 30 2025, 8:07 PM
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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-30T20:14:53Z] <dani@deploy2002> dani, jhsoby: Backport for [[gerrit:1191691|Remove reader foundational survey on enwiki (beta) (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1192555|Increase coverage of Design Research participant recruitment survey on jawiki (T405577)]], [[gerrit:1191510|Update reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1192595|Enable USERLANGUAGE for sourceswiki (T406050)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.w

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 30 2025, 8:29 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-30T20:29:17Z] <dani@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1191691|Remove reader foundational survey on enwiki (beta) (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1192555|Increase coverage of Design Research participant recruitment survey on jawiki (T405577)]], [[gerrit:1191510|Update reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1192595|Enable USERLANGUAGE for sourceswiki (T406050)]] (duration: 21m 42s)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 30 2025, 8:32 PM
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Change #1192635 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1192635

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gerritbot added a comment.Oct 2 2025, 1:04 PM

Change #1192635 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Update reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1192635

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 2 2025, 1:04 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-02T13:04:29Z] <dani@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1192635|Update reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 2 2025, 1:10 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-02T13:10:38Z] <dani@deploy2002> dani: Backport for [[gerrit:1192635|Update reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 2 2025, 1:15 PM

Change #1193110 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1193110

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 2 2025, 1:16 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-02T13:16:24Z] <dani@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1192635|Update reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]] (duration: 11m 54s)

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 2 2025, 8:05 PM

Change #1193110 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1193110

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 2 2025, 8:05 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-02T20:05:28Z] <dani@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1193110|Deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 2 2025, 8:11 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-02T20:11:58Z] <dani@deploy2002> dani: Backport for [[gerrit:1193110|Deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 2 2025, 8:16 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-02T20:16:58Z] <dani@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1193110|Deploy reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]] (duration: 11m 29s)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 2 2025, 8:31 PM
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YLiou_WMF added a comment.Oct 3 2025, 8:46 PM

@DDeSouza we've got plenty of responses coming in! So let's plan on undeploying on Monday October 6. Thanks!

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 5 2025, 8:24 PM

Change #1193575 had a related patch set uploaded (by DDesouza; author: DDesouza):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Undeploy reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1193575

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 5 2025, 8:24 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 6 2025, 8:25 PM

Change #1193575 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Undeploy reader foundational survey on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1193575

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 6 2025, 8:26 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-06T20:26:15Z] <dani@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1193575|Undeploy reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1193911|Increase coverage of Design Research participant recruitment survey on jawiki (T405577)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 6 2025, 8:30 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-06T20:30:34Z] <dani@deploy2002> dani: Backport for [[gerrit:1193575|Undeploy reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1193911|Increase coverage of Design Research participant recruitment survey on jawiki (T405577)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 6 2025, 8:31 PM
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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-06T20:35:50Z] <dani@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1193575|Undeploy reader foundational survey on enwiki (T405410)]], [[gerrit:1193911|Increase coverage of Design Research participant recruitment survey on jawiki (T405577)]] (duration: 09m 37s)

DDeSouza closed this task as Resolved.Oct 6 2025, 8:37 PM
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