Hello, Without ever being standardized or including age, there is a social tradition called the "Friendly space policy" adopted by many Wikimedia events. Here is one instance: <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy>
The idea is that in-person Wikimedia events should be safe and welcoming to everyone. It does not mention age in this iteration. In practice, this policy and derivations have been used to promote positive behavioral norms in imitation of those developed by Western diversity training and sensitivity training traditions. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_training> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity_training> I would like for the "Friendly space policy" to continue to be developed into a short, easy-to-read behavioral guideline which can be adopted by anyone for in-person events and which guide online behavior. I would like for policies like that child protection policy to serve as more nuanced backing of the intent of the friendly space policy. I favor development of best practices not only for the sake of the Wikimedia community, but also to set standards which can be adopted by other groups. Developing these kinds of policies has proven to be a lot more complicated than anyone anticipated but I think our community is positioned to come to consensus about what suits many people. With regard to the child protection policy - beyond connecting that to a friendly space policy, I wish that there could be some kind of support for harassment of people in any context. I would like for some minimal plan to be made to receive harassment complaints of any kind then to refer people to whatever services are available, or to tell them that no services are available. For my own interests I wanted this with regard to LGBT related harassment on Wikipedia, but I know that harassment of women is also a problem, and if we develop a youth policy then I think it would be useful to combine all the concerns of the stakeholders into one place in which anyone can present their report and have it considered, whatever that means. yours, On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23 May 2014 13:05, Wil Sinclair <w...@wllm.com> wrote: > > > Is the following a full statement of Wikipedia's Child Protection > > Policy, reflecting all responsibilities that the Wikipedia community > > and the Wikimedia Foundation have taken on to protect children in all > > of the projects they are involved with and/or sponsor? > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection > > > > Are there any other *published* policies of WP or the WMF pertaining > > to child protection that I might have missed? > > > > I know that this is a very politically charged issue in the WP > > community. I'd appreciate a high light:heat ratio if anyone has > > comments beyond links to current policy statements. > > > > Thanks! > > ,Wil > > > > > English Wikipedia policy: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection > > The existence of a 'formalized' policy has been a topic of heated debate > since its creation, although there is some truth that its original form > more or less documented existing practice at the time. > > Risker/Anne > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
