Lodewijk, thanks for the feedback! I'll reply on Meta ...
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>
wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> 'workshop' shouts to me that it is a real life, real time event that people
> can register for, and attend (in person or remotely). The page seems to
> suggest however (at a quick glance) that it is rather an online discussion
> forum. Maybe good to clarify that immediately at the top of the page, given
> the potentially confusing title that it has.
>
> Another thing I would find helpful (maybe a bit too obvious for you) is
> clearly stating expectations and goals at the top. What are you trying to
> accomplish? (options that come to mind is reducing harassment, or helping
> people to deal with (accept? fight? hide?) harrassment. I expect the
> first).
>
> Finally, a thing that was also mentioned by Liz at the page (and maybe by
> others), is that in a multilingual community like ours, it is really tough
> to discuss sensitive issues like this without a very clear understanding of
> what we're talking about. People probably have very different expectations
> of what you mean with 'harrassment'. My first thought with the word was
> basically sexual or physical harrassment, with real life or near-real life
> aspects. At Wikimania I got a better understanding that apparently others
> were using a much wider definition of the word.
>
> Hopefully will clarifications like the above on the page reduce the
> threshold to participate, especially for those that are not native speakers
> (and who have more trouble to read through the whole page to get an
> understanding).
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
> (also posted this on the talkpage)
>
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 3:27 AM, Patrick Earley <pearley(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > With a lot of discussion on multiple issues going on, I know it can be
> > hard to find time or "bandwidth" for an problem with no easy solutions.
> > But some of the community has started to work on some approaches to the
> > problem of harassment at the workshop on Meta. [1]
> >
> > It's an issue that isn't going away on its own, and we've started
> > gathering some possible ways forward. We'd love to see you there.
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Harassment_workshop
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
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Hello all,
With a lot of discussion on multiple issues going on, I know it can be hard
to find time or "bandwidth" for an problem with no easy solutions. But
some of the community has started to work on some approaches to the problem
of harassment at the workshop on Meta. [1]
It's an issue that isn't going away on its own, and we've started gathering
some possible ways forward. We'd love to see you there.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Harassment_workshop
Best regards,
--
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Senior Community Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation
pearley(a)wikimedia.org
(1) 415 975 1874
Dear friends,
This week, the Board of Trustees accepted Lila’s resignation. Her last day
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I would like to thank Lila for her efforts over these past two years, and
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The Board of Trustees is meeting regularly to determine next steps. Our top
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This work will require extensive collaboration by the Board over the next
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Dear all,
The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday,
February 25, 2016, at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is
#wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as
a live YouTube stream.
At next week's meeting, we will:
* Welcome recent hires
* Present a Wikipedia 15 review
* Present a community update
* Give a strategy update
* Review WMF top-level metrics
* Showcase recent work: IEG grantees
* Give a product demo: iOS 5.0 app
* Engage in questions/discussions
Please review
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings for further
information about the meeting and how to participate.
We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting.
Thank you,
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