APPENDICES - 107.170.122.150:8080
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APPENDICES
Appendix: I Survey Questionnaires
(This questionnaire had individually distributed to the respondents in follow up stage.)
Dear Sir/Madam,
The diffusion of technological innovation in every field has created a burning pressure to implement the
technology in information and communication field. This questionnaire is designed to assess your
perceptions of the use of Wikipedia for educational purpose. The result of your response will be helpful
for all the researchers of ICT in Nepal. Usually, it is best to respond with your first impression, without giving questions much thought. Your answer and personal details will be used for a true data for further
research and will be published on web for your future use too.
General Instruction: The purpose of this questionnaire is to examine your attitudes towards the use of
Wikipedia for educational purpose in Kathmandu valley. The questionnaire consists of five sections. Each section begins with some directions pertaining to that part only. As you begin each section, please
read the instruction carefully and provide your responses candidly in the format requested.
General Background Information
Full Name : Gender : Male, Female
Address : Age :
Email : Cell # :
I. Highest academic degree achieved: (Please tick one)
a. Bachelor’s Degree
b. Master’s Degree
c. Master’s of Philosophy (M. Phil.) d. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.)
II. Computer Training (in Months):
(CLOSE ENDED)
Section One: General Attitudes towards Wikipedia
Instruction: Please indicate your reaction to each of the following statements by using tick mark () in the right cell that represent your level of agreement and disagreement with it. Every statement is to be
check marked.
* SA= Strongly Agree, A= Agree, U = Undecided, D=Disagree and SD = Strongly Disagree
SA A U D SD
1. I enjoy doing things on Wikipedia.
2. Wikipedia can enhance users’ learning.
3. Wikipedia is difficult to understand.
4. I would like to learn through Wikipedia.
5. Wikipedia will make the students active learner.
6. Wikipedia is powerful interactive tool for information accessing.
7. I don’t care the importance of Wikipedia in ICT.
8. Use of the Wikipedia increases the writing skills regarding ICT.
9. Wikipedia does more harm than good.
10. Using Wikipedia prevents me from being creative.
11. Wikipedia is a fastest and effective means of getting information
Section Two: Wikipedia Impute
Instruction: Please indicate your reaction to each of the following statements by the tick mark () in the right cell that represent your level of agreement and disagreement with the statement. Every statement is
to be check marked.
* SA=Strongly Agree, A=Agree, U = Undecided, D=Disagree and SD = Strongly Disagree
SA A U D SD
1. Wikipedia improves the quality of education.
2. Wikipedia is not useful for learning.
3. With Wikipedia, it is possible to do practical things.
4. I would like to access information on Wikipedia.
5. Wikipedia simplifies my task in the classroom/work station.
6. I use Wikipedia many ways in my life.
7. Learning from Wikipedia is a waste of time.
8. I have seen some Wiki users in ICT field.
9. I have no difficulty in using Wikipedia.
Section Three: Cultural Perception
Instruction: Please indicate your reaction to each of the following statements by the tick mark () in the
right cell that represent your response with the statement. Every statement is to be check marked.
* SA=Strongly Agree, A=Agree, U = Undecided, D=Disagree and SD = Strongly Disagree
SA A U D SD
1. I have been using compute Wikipedia since my middle schooling
education.
2. I use Wikipedia rather than editing.
3. Use of Wikipedia contradicts with my religion.
4. Wikipedia is used as a fun in Nepal rather than accessioning
information.
5. We need Wikipedia that suit our culture and identity.
6. I live in the community where people frequently use Wikipedia and
the Internet.
7. I feel Wikipedia is necessary tool in both educational and working
setting/sector.
8. Now, Wikipedia is used everywhere.
Section Four: Availability of Wikipedia
General Instruction: This section is designed for your access on computer and the Internet.
Instruction: Please indicate your reaction to each of the following statements by the tick mark () in the
right cell that represent your response with the statement. Every statement is to be check marked.
1. I use Wikipedia at home.
2. I use Wikipedia at college.
3. I use Wikipedia at my work station.
4. I use the Wikipedia at Cyber Cafe, or Internet house.
5. I use Wikipedia at my friend's home.
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APPENDIX: III
Wikipedia in Different Languages
Language Language (local) Wiki Articles Edits Users
Abkhazian Аҧсшәа ab 807 42,994 8,998
Acehnese Acèh ace 2,578 95,794 11,539
Afrikaans Afrikaans af 37,172 1,438,594 71,853
Akan Akan ak 250 20,275 5,524
Albanian shqip sq 50,934 1,696,111 76,970
Alemannic Alemannisch als 19,852 662,711 45,073
Amharic አማርኛ am 12,971 342,623 19,477
Anglo-Saxon Ænglisc ang 2,690 188,576 72,402
Arabic العربية ar 382,582 19,704,270 1,068,163
Aragonese aragonés an 30,762 1,611,582 36,933
Aramaic
arc 1,601 91,392 10,855 ܐܪܡܝܐ
Armenian Հայերեն hy 185,784 3,652,235 43,576
Aromanian armãneashti roa-rup 1,165 255,869 8,218
Assamese অসমীয়া as 3,715 155,021 12,203
Asturian asturianu ast 26,509 852,619 29,523
Avar авар av 2,046 60,944 6,331
Aymara Aymar aru ay 3,656 80,914 8,606
Azerbaijani azərbaycanca az 99,109 3,571,619 97,634
Bambara bamanankan bm 353 36,195 5,816
Banjar Bahasa Banjar bjn 1,385 57,921 5,924
Banyumasan Basa Banyumasan map-bms 12,964 205,913 7,849
Bashkir башҡортса ba 35,067 539,853 12,997
Basque euskara eu 209,977 5,104,748 61,610
Bavarian Boarisch bar 14,892 507,031 29,692
Belarusian беларуская be 102,250 2,214,836 52,989
Belarusian (Taraškievica) беларуская (тарашкевіца) be-x-old 57,198 1,887,211 42,458
Bengali ব়াাংল়া bn 37,816 1,986,507 96,085
Bihari भोजपुरी bh 5,891 201,824 7,338
Bishnupriya Manipuri ববষু্ণবিয়া মবিপুরী bpy 25,060 804,627 14,607
Bislama Bislama bi 458 37,976 5,433
Bosnian bosanski bs 63,103 2,843,368 80,733
Breton brezhoneg br 55,323 1,742,123 35,641
Buginese ᨅᨅ ᨅᨅᨅᨅ bug 14,102 197,962 7,211
Bulgarian български bg 207,139 7,272,711 182,174
Burmese မမမမမမမမမမ
my 31,389 274,835 31,371
Buryat буряад bxr 1,438 44,527 6,493
Cantonese 粵語 zh-yue 40,198 1,000,976 111,236
Catalan català ca 476,595 16,169,531 208,689
Cebuano Cebuano ceb 1,234,495 5,842,094 23,229
Central Bicolano Bikol Central bcl 6,614 165,759 8,990
Chamorro Chamoru ch 157 17,298 7,763
Chavacano Chavacano de Zamboanga cbk-zam 2,855 107,056 8,071
Chechen нохчийн ce 102,332 838,193 10,636
Cherokee ᏣᎳᎩ chr 487 34,392 9,284
Cheyenne Tsetsêhestâhese chy 578 21,246 5,461
Chichewa Chi-Chewa ny 160 17,035 3,571
Chinese 中文 zh 842,052 38,567,243 2,168,133
Chuvash Чӑвашла cv 33,570 573,081 16,822
Classical Chinese 文言
zh-classical
4,029 255,359 55,228
Cornish kernowek kw 3,634 175,572 7,055
Corsican corsu co 5,159 364,488 10,114
Cree Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ cr 89 28,734 7,321
Crimean Tatar qırımtatarca crh 4,274 133,792 8,836
Croatian hrvatski hr 157,172 4,757,378 150,291
Czech čeština cs 333,178 13,284,060 310,974
Danish dansk da 209,979 8,636,641 250,143
Divehi ްދި ވެ ދި ބަ ސ
dv 2,971 125,135 14,104
Dutch Nederlands nl 1,836,222 45,929,010 718,104
Dutch Low Saxon Nedersaksies nds-nl 5,760 303,438 12,990
Dzongkha
ཇོང་ཁ dz 157 27,438 4,750
Egyptian Arabic مصرى arz 14,440 736,696 70,129
Emilian-Romagnol emiliàn e rumagnòl eml 4,178 92,279 10,040
English English en 4,972,715 791,090,136 26,262,164
Erzya эрзянь myv 2,676 83,252 5,364
Esperanto Esperanto eo 219,093 5,819,944 110,843
Estonian eesti et 137,991 4,391,350 81,933
Ewe eʋegbe ee 316 47,841 6,321
Extremaduran estremeñu ext 2,737 111,602 8,730
Faroese føroyskt fo 11,348 340,444 13,113
Fiji Hindi Fiji Hindi hif 6,581 230,917 13,351
Fijian Na Vosa Vakaviti fj 259 33,771 4,313
Finnish suomi fi 379,180 16,060,837 297,272
Franco-Provençal arpetan frp 2,363 190,117 7,606
French français fr 1,664,435 121,133,186 2,327,844
Friulian furlan fur 3,135 166,215 7,438
Fula Fulfulde ff 179 21,190 4,055
Gagauz Gagauz gag 2,702 63,824 5,464
Galician galego gl 125,129 3,763,470 62,143
Gan 贛語 gan 6,320 408,046 23,313
Georgian ქართული ka 98,879 3,071,503 72,579
German Deutsch de 1,856,768 151,501,925 2,255,376
Gilaki گيلکی glk 5,797 47,109 7,487
Goan Konkani गोवा कोंकणी / Gova Konknni gom 679 93,496 647
Gothic ������ got 427 33,705 9,291
Greek Ελληνικά el 110,214 5,551,778 183,236
Greenlandic kalaallisut kl 1,613 71,710 6,834
Guarani Avañe'ẽ gn 3,022 99,027 8,005
Gujarati ગજુરાતી gu 25,686 404,030 26,504
Haitian Kreyòl ayisyen ht 52,465 710,353 14,053
Hakka 客家語/Hak-kâ-ngî hak 5,608 97,684 15,053
Hausa Hausa ha 1,350 32,469 5,130
Hawaiian Hawai`i haw 2,032 71,061 7,306
Hebrew עברית he 177,964 18,412,662 282,572
Hill Mari кырык мары mrj 10,090 97,392 4,494
Hindi हहन्दी hi 100,250 3,005,522 193,301
Hungarian magyar hu 350,030 17,220,336 298,381
Icelandic íslenska is 39,805 1,566,675 43,978
Ido Ido io 26,187 935,040 17,923
Igbo Igbo ig 1,041 59,081 5,864
Ilokano Ilokano ilo 6,797 269,000 8,000
Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia id 366,386 11,216,573 732,264
Interlingua interlingua ia 14,550 556,489 22,595
Interlingue Interlingue ie 3,136 123,493 7,715
Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ/inuktitut iu 337 37,630 8,859
Inupiak Iñupiak ik 233 34,482 3,993
Irish Gaeilge ga 35,945 802,702 23,797
Italian italiano it 1,224,777 80,562,071 1,267,912
Japanese 日本語 ja 983,844 57,920,657 1,015,143
Javanese Basa Jawa jv 48,523 955,375 25,639
Kabardian Адыгэбзэ kbd 1,534 40,715 4,207
Kabyle Taqbaylit kab 2,321 62,917 5,341
Kalmyk хальмг xal 2,018 79,322 5,330
Kannada
ಕನ್ನಡ kn 16,467 548,031 28,838
Kapampangan Kapampangan pam 8,480 292,932 10,575
Karachay-Balkar къарачай-малкъар krc 2,002 107,808 4,973
Karakalpak Qaraqalpaqsha kaa 1,775 42,132 5,257
Kashmiri कॉशुर / کٲشُر ks 263 29,671 4,685
Kashubian kaszëbsczi csb 4,648 173,325 8,250
Kazakh қазақша kk 212,224 2,437,347 49,532
Khmer
ភាសាខ្មែរ km 4,713 168,580 16,941
Kikuyu Gĩkũyũ ki 370 17,528 3,583
Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda rw 1,787 77,300 5,388
Kirghiz Кыргызча ky 48,164 224,270 11,715
Kirundi Kirundi rn 394 19,254 4,070
Komi коми kv 4,466 129,749 6,980
Komi-Permyak Перем Коми koi 3,421 55,199 4,111
Kongo Kongo kg 905 41,307 4,897
Korean 한국어 ko 328,774 16,679,175 366,897
Kurdish Kurdî ku 21,344 676,922 25,353
Ladino Ladino lad 3,334 160,993 10,102
Lak лакку lbe 1,208 41,999 4,685
Lao ລາວ lo 1,411 49,294 7,140
Latgalian latgaļu ltg 774 31,280 3,143
Latin Latina la 121,633 3,046,404 78,074
Latvian latviešu lv 62,882 2,484,423 54,252
Lezgian лезги lez 2,663 57,595 4,149
Ligurian Ligure lij 2,945 161,900 6,528
Limburgish Limburgs li 10,067 394,689 13,508
Lingala lingála ln 2,075 112,592 5,861
Lithuanian lietuvių lt 173,930 4,992,329 92,473
Lojban Lojban jbo 1,186 110,658 7,901
Lombard lumbaart lmo 32,170 1,061,942 15,614
Low Saxon Plattdüütsch nds 24,046 786,850 24,590
Lower Sorbian dolnoserbski dsb 3,000 137,770 9,756
Luganda Luganda lg 534 19,393 3,422
Luxembourgish Lëtzebuergesch lb 44,327 1,929,363 28,708
Macedonian македонски mk 83,411 4,211,053 57,088
Maithili मैथथली mai 555 14,440 1,229
Malagasy Malagasy mg 81,098 810,512 10,358
Malay Bahasa Melayu ms 275,469 4,041,909 161,374
Malayalam
മലയാളം ml 40,224 2,281,009 74,319
Maltese Malti mt 3,125 257,666 10,672
Manx Gaelg gv 4,821 304,690 9,847
Maori Māori mi 7,083 146,433 6,974
Marathi मराठी mr 42,424 1,404,422 58,916
Mazandarani مازِرونی mzn 12,150 134,780 10,388
Meadow Mari олык марий mhr 7,510 144,241 6,525
Min Dong Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ cdo 3,212 45,662 9,682
Min Nan Bân-lâm-gú
zh-min-nan
44,736 677,278 22,708
Minangkabau Baso Minangkabau min 221,661 1,086,256 3,979
Mingrelian მარგალური xmf 5,233 114,822 6,211
Mirandese Mirandés mwl 2,720 88,251 6,212
Moksha мокшень mdf 1,136 48,519 4,526
Mongolian монгол mn 14,764 463,065 35,825
Nahuatl Nāhuatl nah 10,840 415,045 11,957
Nauruan Dorerin Naoero na 1,250 77,879 5,281
Navajo Diné bizaad nv 2,461 153,876 8,067
Neapolitan Napulitano nap 14,272 692,587 13,644
Nepali नेपाली ne 26,586 500,731 23,743
Newar नेपाल भाषा new 72,351 828,931 13,562
Norfolk Norfuk / Pitkern pih 464 40,495 5,061
Norman Nouormand nrm 3,588 214,985 7,001
North Frisian Nordfriisk frr 4,155 106,524 6,962
Northern Luri لۊری شومالی lrc 4,847 19,862 602
Northern Sami sámegiella se 7,171 285,667 13,059
Northern Sotho Sesotho sa Leboa nso 2,523 18,841 2,206
Norwegian (Bokmål) norsk bokmål no 420,267 14,358,556 339,207
Norwegian (Nynorsk) norsk nynorsk nn 123,107 2,956,155 66,869
Novial Novial nov 1,574 184,381 5,572
Occitan occitan oc 88,646 2,117,977 24,212
Old Church Slavonic словѣньскъ / ���������� cu 566 70,567 13,224
Oriya ଓଡ଼ିଆ or 9,092 214,635 9,954
Oromo Oromoo om 674 24,528 4,023
Ossetian Ирон os 10,193 482,526 13,313
Palatinate German Pälzisch pfl 2,031 56,918 4,872
Pali पालल pi 2,514 101,565 3,437
Pangasinan Pangasinan pag 2,511 61,042 4,041
Papiamentu Papiamentu pap 1,296 74,633 5,993
Pashto پښتو ps 6,137 179,620 10,799
Pennsylvania German Deitsch pdc 1,753 105,535 16,705
Persian فارسی fa 468,932 20,744,911 528,465
Picard Picard pcd 3,065 53,969 5,718
Piedmontese Piemontèis pms 63,848 855,575 13,745
Polish polski pl 1,134,525 43,625,336 711,211
Pontic Ποντιακά pnt 360 34,983 5,000
Portuguese português pt 888,795 44,428,001 1,633,932
Punjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa 18,516 265,086 11,932
Quechua Runa Simi qu 19,386 657,744 14,438
Ripuarian Ripoarisch ksh 2,772 2,124,080 13,077
Romani Romani rmy 578 48,879 9,402
Romanian română ro 351,315 10,342,649 349,744
Romansh rumantsch rm 3,539 148,888 9,090
Russian русский ru 1,255,309 85,770,544 1,751,420
Rusyn русиньскый rue 5,795 106,028 10,373
Sakha саха тыла sah 10,459 341,317 10,432
Samoan Gagana Samoa sm 423 32,746 4,007
Samogitian žemaitėška bat-smg 14,065 343,462 14,158
Sango Sängö sg 238 20,310 3,346
Sanskrit संस्कृतम ् sa 10,095 319,368 14,901
Sardinian sardu sc 4,970 150,858 9,294
Saterland Frisian Seeltersk stq 3,623 117,534 6,955
Scots Scots sco 33,758 520,068 28,542
Scottish Gaelic Gàidhlig gd 13,350 518,689 12,687
Serbian српски / srpski sr 324,671 11,585,794 167,872
Serbo-Croatian srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски sh 427,347 20,271,149 83,229
Sesotho Sesotho st 291 18,535 4,764
Shona chiShona sn 2,341 44,332 5,647
Sicilian sicilianu scn 25,299 748,799 21,497
Silesian ślůnski szl 3,606 232,273 10,652
Simple English Simple English simple 115,019 12,594,677 467,317
Sindhi سنڌي sd 3,915 41,807 5,094
Sinhalese සිංහල si 11,190 353,086 22,466
Slovak slovenčina sk 206,490 6,146,620 119,612
Slovenian slovenščina sl 147,709 4,668,997 136,100
Somali Soomaaliga so 3,601 158,642 12,494
Sorani کوردیی ناوەندی ckb 16,113 497,832 19,554
Southern Azerbaijani تۆرکجه azb 6,070 50,295 720
Spanish español es 1,202,660 90,584,810 3,928,344
Sranan Sranantongo srn 1,002 39,225 3,644
Sundanese Basa Sunda su 18,394 479,761 14,048
Swahili Kiswahili sw 30,004 998,853 22,077
Swati SiSwati ss 412 37,090 4,017
Swedish svenska sv 2,007,188 30,476,640 456,940
Tagalog Tagalog tl 63,484 1,564,676 67,455
Tahitian reo tahiti ty 1,170 49,650 4,060
Tajik тоҷикӣ tg 39,508 735,472 13,250
Tamil தமிழ் ta 69,526 2,001,563 87,434
Tarantino tarandíne roa-tara 9,214 134,837 5,958
Tatar татарча/tatarça tt 67,312 2,115,069 18,317
Telugu
తెలుగు te 61,016 1,700,162 48,933
Tetum tetun tet 1,326 59,799 4,505
Thai
ไทย th 97,281 6,472,127 244,839
Tibetan
བོད་ཡིག bo 5,629 137,701 12,862
Tigrinya
ትግርኛ ti 158 19,503 4,052
Tok Pisin Tok Pisin tpi 1,279 80,638 6,384
Tongan lea faka-Tonga to 1,672 34,369 4,573
Tsonga Xitsonga ts 280 29,206 4,178
Tswana Setswana tn 502 21,052 4,332
Tumbuka chiTumbuka tum 107 22,604 3,258
Turkish Türkçe tr 252,926 17,030,987 790,081
Turkmen Türkmençe tk 5,050 201,298 11,183
Tuvan тыва дыл tyv 1,242 16,499 2,312
Twi Twi tw 549 17,432 5,717
Udmurt удмурт udm 3,636 108,096 6,901
Ukrainian українська uk 591,823 16,982,109 286,581
Upper Sorbian hornjoserbsce hsb 9,789 337,052 12,786
Urdu اردو ur 81,507 4,437,965 45,415
Uyghur ئۇیغۇرچه /Uyghurche ug 2,565 145,097 10,405
Uzbek oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча uz 127,959 2,458,424 23,384
Venda Tshivenda ve 186 16,931 3,418
Venetian vèneto vec 10,643 590,438 15,289
Vepsian vepsän kel’ vep 4,901 77,774 5,322
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi 1,139,473 22,198,182 460,478
Volapük Volapük vo 120,232 3,306,733 19,895
Võro Võro fiu-vro 5,354 176,136 7,073
Walloon walon wa 13,902 323,867 11,570
Waray-Waray Winaray war 1,259,281 6,275,368 25,769
Welsh Cymraeg cy 68,727 5,291,651 34,039
West Flemish West-Vlams vls 5,641 296,842 12,036
West Frisian Frysk fy 32,561 790,437 20,187
Western Punjabi پنجابی pnb 34,076 424,362 14,259
Wolof Wolof wo 1,031 100,536 7,881
Wu 吴语 wuu 3,837 224,037 35,575
Xhosa isiXhosa xh 393 28,098 5,066
Yiddish יידִיש yi 12,882 520,716 21,896
Yoruba Yorùbá yo 31,115 549,251 12,687
Zazaki Zazaki diq 5,910 360,210 12,435
Zeelandic Zeêuws zea 4,283 99,543 6,136
Zhuang Vahcuengh za 1,062 37,805 4,818
Zulu isiZulu zu 685 37,942 7,808
APPENDIX: IV
The Relationship between Wikipedia and Press
APPENDIX: V