Is anyone not already aware of the recent issue facing Facebook over compensation for moderators https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/12/facebook-moderators-ptsd-settlement/ To me there appears to be potential risk that the Board and the WMF must consider in relation to any role that involves any form of moderation;
1. is there a problem with setting standards against harassment, toxic behavior, and incivility that is at a minimum equal, understandable, and respected on all projects, committees, affiliates, events and everything else we do 2. is there concern about being asked to contribute at these standards 3. is the concern how much the WMF needs to be part of the process, or 4. how long it should be allowed to go unaddressed before its escalated.
I go back way to far back I remember a group targeted stalking of female admins, I was part of a group of admins that were willing to take action against this group. We lost some very good people during that, Harassment has been an on going issue for all my 15 years, we had some the worst people become tool holders, others have just created 1,000's of socks. There are still people contributing today that are trolls, and harassers contributing today, we know that our failures to deal with it effectively and quickly are legendary. What ever we do we need to keep improving our response and our ability to respond across projects, the alternative is going to be that the Board & WMF are going to have to step in and take responsibility out of the communities hands.
On Tue, 26 May 2020 at 18:58, Philip Kopetzky philip.kopetzky@gmail.com wrote:
What Martin mentions should be covered in the recommendations for the 2030 strategy, the measures mentioned here being "fast-tracked" to provide a starting point for improving Community Health. Conflict resolution needs to happen on the lowest possible level so that we don't run into situations we've encountered in the past. Of course it's difficult for one aspect to work without the other, so the overall goal won't be achieved until every part is in place.
On Mon, 25 May 2020 at 17:46, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
A former steward fellow and I discussed this topic at the Safety Space at Wikimania. Due to the
nature
of
the space, the discussion have not been documented but you can find the presentation with backgrounds of the situation and open questions on Commons <
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2019_%E2%80%93_Do_we_need_...
.
Maybe it can give some ideas how to proceed with this.
Yes -- I was just thinking of your discussions of this while reading the thread. I hope these steward reflections are considered as people move forward.
The case of disputes that embroil an entire community and their admins should (also) specifically be addressed. S _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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