[Foundation-l] Growth vs. maintenance

[Philippe Beaudette]

<koff koff> Strategy Wiki <koff>

All joking aside, there's a whole task force for community health  
dealing with exactly these issues.

It's at http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/Enhance_community_health_and_culture_task_force

I know they'd love your input...

Philippe


On Nov 7, 2009, at 12:02 AM, Renata St wrote:

>>
>> What actual specific things would you implement to make the project
>> friendlier?
>>
>
> Say:
>
> 1. Welcome new users (re-launch "kindness campaign" - the other day I
> welcomed a couple new users with 20+ edits since 2007) - more  
> personalized,
> the better.
>
> 2. Have at least 2-3 hour delay on speedy deletes. No deletion until  
> user's
> concerns on talk have been answered.
>
> 3. No blocking without min 2 warnings (except for known persistent  
> vandals).
> Seen some users blocked with 1 or no warnings at all.
>
> 4. Go easy on the reverts, especially marking them "vandalism". Good  
> faith
> edits -> try to incorporate them somewhere.
>    4a. 1RR for established users.
>
> 5. Go easy on templated warnings. Personalize as much as possible.
>
> 6. Make dispute resolution quicker & simplier. How? Um... Just by  
> being more
> decisive. Block/Don't block/Revert/Protect/War/Parole/etc. and move  
> on. The
> lingering, the wiki-law-ering, the appeals create all the drama.
>
> In other words, more tolerance to innocent newbies & less for trolls,
> pov-pushers, etc.
>
> That could be a start.
>
> Renata
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