[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Leadership (was NY Times article on gender gap in Wikipedia contributors} - repost

[Fred Bauder]

This idea arose in the context of a discussion which generally addressed
civility. The warnings would be civility warnings.

Fred

> To that end, a warnings tool would be helpful,
> supplementing or replacing the uw- templates with a MediaWiki
> extension that requires that warnings be acknowledged by the editor to
> continue editing, and providing a record of warnings. This is
> basically a very soft block that the editor is free to remove
> themselves. Warnings need not be generally visible except in the case
> where a matter progresses to arbitration, but they should persist for
> a period of time so that patterns of behavior become apparent.
>
> -Stephanie

Brilliant!

Fred Bauder