I am teaching a class helping students learn to edit and the number of
reports back I receive of unkindness by editors is sad. OTOH a few
fortunate students have run into helpful editors who encourage them. I
teach librarians who have an undergraduate degree so they should be
good contributors...but unkindness is a true force preventing their
engagement.
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:46 AM, ENWP Pine <deyntestiss(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
This is being discussed on Jimbo's talk page at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#.22I_actually_hate_it_h….
A number of us feel that that hostility and contention are driving away
good-faith editors. Would someone from Growth comment on WMF's current
efforts to recruit and retain editors? Also, could people comment about how
WMF or community members might be able to influence English Wikipedia to be
a friendlier and more civil place?
Thanks,
Pine
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