David Gerard wrote:
On 10 August 2015 at 14:18, MZMcBride
<z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
A proposed code of conduct like this is quite
expensive to implement and
enforce/maintain. I personally don't get the sense from reading your
replies that you acknowledge the high cost.
In practice, EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S ADOPTED ONE hasn't found this.
I'm curious which comparable organizations you're referring to. I think
many groups have an easier time implementing codes of conduct because
they're dealing with a largely homogenous group and/or there's usually a
clear power structure in place (e.g., full-time staff who are paid to act
as discussion moderators). Volunteer-run sites that are more global in
nature, such as Reddit or even the English Wikipedia, have had
incredible difficulty implementing a code of conduct, as I understand it.
In 2015, any tech organisation *without* a good, solid
code of conduct
of this sort is seriously backward and questionable. It's something
you have to seriously justify not having, and so far there haven't
been serious justifications offered as to why Wikimedia is a special
snowflake in this regard.
I'm not really sure what you're talking about here. We already have:
*
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy
*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_a_dick [*]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith
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https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct_policy
Is yet another page really needed?
MZMcBride
[*] This page was moved to Meta-Wiki by you over a decade ago. Given that
you're pointing out that it's currently 2015, it seems reasonable to
note that we've had similar (in spirit, anyway) pages to the one being
proposed for quite some time.