[Gendergap] the state of civility on en.wiki

[Emily Monroe]

In my opinion, civility is a big, big deal, since it has the obvious effect
of running off potentially decent editors. In practice, this can be like
banning an innocent editor.

From,
Emily


On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari at wikimedia.org>wrote:

> Earlier today, a long-standing editor was reported to AN/I for making
> personal attacks. The specific attacks were the following two posts:
> "You simply display your ignorance."
> "Please carry on, so everyone can see what an ignorant arse you are."
>
> As I had recently warned this same user for making personal attacks, and
> they have a long history of attacking other editors (blocked 4 times
> previously for personal attacks), I put a 24 hour block on their account
> for violating WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA.
>
> Even though this seems like a pretty minor slap on the wrist, my block
> was quickly undone by another admin and a slew of editors then
> vociferously attacked me for blocking (calling me a "petty tyrant", a
> "wannabe big-dick admin", etc.).
>
> I looked more carefully at the editor's block log and noticed that every
> one of their blocks for personal attacks had been undone by another
> admin (usually without much delay).
>
> This seems to say a lot about the current culture of en.wiki. Namely,
> that WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA are not taken seriously by our community (or at
> least a large percentage). As civility seems to be a recurring issue in
> gendergap discussions (and Sarah's recent survey), I was wondering what
> people's thoughts on this issue are. Has en.wiki become a toxic
> environment or am I just overreacting to normal behavior?
>
> Ryan Kaldari
>
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