Along similar lines, this pilot training has been suggested for admins:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender-gap_admin_training
And The Ada Initiative said they were interested in providing training for
such a pilot. WMF grantmakers like myself would be pleased to see something
like this develop into a proposal, if folks felt it was worth trying.
It might make sense to pilot at the admin level before focusing on
functionaries like stewards, because admins have more day-to-day
interactions with individual editors (and thus more opportunities to
facilitate an on-wiki environment that supports diversity).
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Reguyla <reguyla(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think this might be a good idea but it would be
pretty hard to implement
and I think, unnecessary. Most of the functionaries got to where they are
because they have a calm demeanor and generally are fair in how they treat
others. Additionally, its not usually the functionaries who are the
problem. So without requiring the editors to perform the diversity
training, I'm not sure how much it would help.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com
wrote:
Don't know if this has been floated before -
apologies if so - but:
Part of the problem we have is the sheer depth of ignorance among
otherwise well-intentioned community members.
This depth of ignorance is naturally shared by the people who play
leadership roles in the community. So we end up with stewards, arbitrators
and bureaucrats who potentially end up reinforcing the gender gap problem
because they just have no clue how the structure they maintain can
sometimes be a tool to exclude people.
How about offering some form of diversity training to functionaries to
help broaden perspectives and raise understanding? Obviously, from the
point of view of supporting them to do their difficult and fairly thankless
roles better, rather than beating them with diversity sticks.
It could happen (indeed, WMF could make it happen with some volunteer
input); could it help?
Chris
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