How do members of the Riksdag use the Swedish language version of Wikipedia? How is the free encyclopedia understood by people elected in Sweden? In the spring of 2013 Association Wikimedia Sweden decided to seek answers to these questions by allowing members to answer an online questionnaire. The survey included 15 questions: eleven are related to the Swedish Wikipedia, the residue are related background questions. The questionnaire were distributed to members 349 via email. It was, of course, each member is free to respond. The Association did not use any special enticement to increase the number of responses. However, members were reminded several times that the investigation was ongoing.
The Parliament has 349 members during the mandate period 2010-2014 representing the eight political parties. Parliament is the supreme decision-making political community and for members duties include making laws, regulating taxation and deciding on the state budget. The mission requires beside good political touch, also opportunities for external environment monitoring. Though MPs are not left in the lurch without support functions, such as Investigation Service of Parliament or Library of Parliament. There is no shortage of internet-based encyclopedias and databases in parliament. Through the agency of the Library of Parliament, through the Parliamentary Intranet, the MPs gain access to a range of digital tools. From a Wikipedia perspective it is an important issue, how Wikipedia manages can cope in the competition. Therefore, this study aims to answer the following questions:
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