Almost 90% of survey participants have not been admonished or sanctioned as a result of being involved in an incident that was reported to AN/I in the last 12 months.
Question 8
How often did you visit AN/I to follow or read about reports on incidents that do not involve you in the last 12 months?
Almost a quarter of survey participants are dissatisfied with the way reports are handled on AN/I – but more than a quarter are satisfied or very satisfied with it.
Question 10
Have you ever disagreed with an AN/I outcome, such as the wrong person being sanctioned?
Less than one in ten of those who responded said that the closing result of a report on AN/I "often" or "almost always" too harsh, while more than half said that the result is "almost never" or "rarely" too harsh.
Question 11.2
How often, in general, would you say the following statements apply to discussion on AN/I? — The closing result to a report on AN/I is not harsh enough.
62.12% of those who responded said that the closing result of cases at AN/I is "sometimes", "often", or "almost always" not harsh enough.
Question 11.3
How often, in general, would you say the following statements apply to discussion on AN/I? — Threads typically stay on AN/I for the appropriate length of time.
Four in ten of those who responded said that the threads "often" or "always" stay on AN/I for the appropriate length of time; three in ten instead said this only happened "sometimes".
Question 11.4
How often, in general, would you say the following statements apply to discussion on AN/I? — Discussion is focused and neutral.
Almost half of respondents believe that AN/I reports of personal attacks are handled poorly. Less than 10% of respondents felt they are handled very well.
Question 14.3
On a scale of 1 to 5, how well are specific types of problems are dealt with at AN/I? — "Bot" or automated script problems
4 – I never feel confident taking part in AN/I discussions (13.53%)
Almost three-quarters of respondents stated they are "somewhat confident" or "generally confident" when responding to discussions on reported incidents.
Question 16
Have you avoided reporting one or more incidents to AN/I in the last 12 months, because you did not think it would be handled appropriately there?
More than half of respondents said they have specifically avoided making a report on AN/I because they were afraid it would not be handled appropriately.
Question 17
Have you avoided reporting an incident or taking part in a discussion on AN/I in the last 12 months, because you were afraid of retributions of any kind?
Almost two-fifths of participants reported they had avoided reporting an incident or taking part in a discussion on AN/I in the last 12 months, because they were afraid of retributions of any kind.
Free-text question 5
Have you avoided reporting one or more incidents to AN/I in the last 12 months, because you did not think it would be handled appropriately there?
> If you did not select "no" above, why did you think those incidents would not be handled appropriately?
Two-fifths of participants said that they were "unlikely" or "very unlikely" to recommend that an editor who is involved in a dispute make a report at AN/I.
Free-text question 6
If you could change one thing about AN/I, what would it be?
26 participants (19.12%) did not enter a response for this question
1 – Clerking and moderators (21.82%)
2 – Closing cases (4.55%)
3 – Boomerang (2.73%)
4 – Misc rules (0.91%)
5 – Fairness / Merit-based process (10%)
6 – Punish bogus reports (3.64%)
7 – Referring people to different processes (5.45%)
8 – Misc. policy suggestions (2.73%)
9 – Punish incivility (8.18%)
10 – Environment (5.45%)
11 – More civility in general (1.82%)
12 – Other technical solution (3.64%)
13 – Structured forms (5.45%)
14 – Subpages and length (4.55%)
15 – More structure in general (9.09%)
16 – Private reporting (1.82%)
17 – Generate data / metrics (0.91%)
18 – Misc reporting (2.73%)
19 – Separate or ban uninvolved editors / non-admins (10.91%)
20 – Punish derailers (5.45%)
21 – No change (2.73%)
22 – Get rid of it (3.64%)
23 – Not sure (2.73%)
24 – Unsorted (0.91%)
Notes
^ abcdefSome responses were sorted into more than one "bucket", which means that the number of actual responses may be less than the total number of bucketed responses.