Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2763-20130115035348

First, you keep inviting me on newly-opened pages, though I've done it.

Second, I expect a contest to be fair. It's not fair to hide in the conditions the fact that it's only for UK and US residents. The guy who has made 200,000 edits on your 4th-biggest Wikia lives in Australia.

Third, it took me 50 minutes after saying it would take 15-20. And the FAQ page that covers that sort of gripe has a shockingly irrelevant "answer". I quote :

I was told in the invitation it was a short survey. It has taken me two or three times as long as it should have -- what is going on?

When you are invited to our survey system, we give you the chance to participate in one of our many surveys. If you do not qualify for the initial survey that you were invited to, we automatically see if you qualify for another survey we have available.

Please know that we're working hard to streamline this process, and keep in mind we are just trying to give you more survey opportunities.

Fourth, the survey didn't give me proper options for answering. The part that asked what medium I find most reliable for info on certain matters gave me a choice that did not include my most reliable source for many types of info: radio news and reviews. I had checked the "Other" box for those because radio news wasn't specifically listed, but I was forced to say that my second choice was my first choice in the next set of questions because "Other" wasn't an option.

Over all, the survey was OK, but 50 minutes instead of the expected 20 is bad survey design or testing.

-- Robin Patterson (Talk) 03:53, January 15, 2013 (UTC) 