User:Slowking4/Drain the swamp - an inspire campaign idealab project
Drain the swamp is an inspire campaign idealab project grant.
Thesis[edit]
Serious harassment thrives in an uncivil environment; New editors are greeted with an impersonal wall of templated warnings;
we need to cultivate people who can welcome new editors to the site.
Situation[edit]
incivility is widespread. w:Wikipedia:Civility wide flouted. processes are designed to bite, and facilitate biting. AfC is broken; NPP is broken; help desk is broken.
circles of civility are not broken: Teahouse is stable; Women in Red is stable; wiki loves monuments is stable; 1lib1ref worked.
presentation slides[edit]
action plan[edit]
- develop a standard of practice using existing tools to welcome new editors
- train people in the practice, using human resource management skill sets, and tools
- monitor trainees conduct
- measure improved new editor on boarding
- measure increased new editor retention
standard of practice[edit]
- existing tools
- existing places to look for new editors