[Foundation-l] Growth vs. maintenance

[Renata St]

>
> 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