User blog:Thebiggesttdifan/Just an Idea for the Wiki

I've had this idea in my head for a while now, but it just occured to me as how it would work. As someone who doesn't write or really read here, I often wonder about the attributes of our users--for example, who here is the oldest, and who is the youngest? And what's the total population of really "active" users? Now, I don't know if anyone else thinks of things like that--they probably have more important ideas on their mind--but with those potential statistics in mind, I would like to give an idea to both the administrators and the wikigoers.

My idea is to create a wikia census, either annually or semi-annually. It'd log some attributes of current active users, potentially including: and other features. From these, and various others, we could log statistics about the wiki, including the total population of the time and the averages of various attributes around the wiki.
 * Age
 * Geographic location (no more specific than city or state)
 * Time spent on the wiki
 * Race

Now, obviously, doing this would expose a lot of personal information. While some people here are willing to share vital information, many others feel uncomfortable. Possibly there could be a way to conduct the census anonymously.

Anyway, this is just an idea to gain stats about the wiki.

What does everyone think?

Signing off. ALL WE WANNA DO IS EAT YOUR BRAINS It's nothing personal 07:10, April 8, 2012 (UTC)