Re: [Wikimedia-l] Implementing Katherine's Vision: "Discussing Discussions"

2016-11-23 Thread J.
Hi, y'all. I apologize that I could not figure out how to snip this message with a Gmail reply. Scott: Do not forget "Email this user" (from user and talk pages) in our contact methods. Cheers! Wayne Calhoon [[User:Checkingfax]] 925-899-4051 Co-coordinator: Bay Area WikiSalon [1][2][3] [1] Meta

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Implementing Katherine's Vision: "Discussing Discussions"

2016-11-19 Thread Pine W
Hi Scott, Thanks for your enthusiasm about making the wikis friendlier places. A few points to bring to your attention: * Patrick Earley in Support & Safety has been researching issues related to harassment for some time. I suggest that you consult him on possible approaches. * I was happy to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Implementing Katherine's Vision: "Discussing Discussions"

2016-11-18 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
Chris Schilling gave a talk on harassment with regards to June's Inspire Campaign [1], at yesterday's Metrics & Activities meeting [2]. In it, he discussed an idea I had about reducing/preventing user page harassment [3], which we turned into an RfC [4], and is now being worked out on

[Wikimedia-l] Implementing Katherine's Vision: "Discussing Discussions"

2016-11-18 Thread C. Scott Ananian
A few weeks ago our Executive Director gave a talk on "Privacy and Harassment on the Internet" at MozFest 2016 in London. I encourage you to read the transcript: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Privacy_and_Harassment_on_the_Internet Katherine argued that the Wikimedia project can take a lead