Lodewijk, thanks for the feedback! I'll reply on Meta ... On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote:
> Hi Patrick, > > 'workshop' shouts to me that it is a real life, real time event that people > can register for, and attend (in person or remotely). The page seems to > suggest however (at a quick glance) that it is rather an online discussion > forum. Maybe good to clarify that immediately at the top of the page, given > the potentially confusing title that it has. > > Another thing I would find helpful (maybe a bit too obvious for you) is > clearly stating expectations and goals at the top. What are you trying to > accomplish? (options that come to mind is reducing harassment, or helping > people to deal with (accept? fight? hide?) harrassment. I expect the > first). > > Finally, a thing that was also mentioned by Liz at the page (and maybe by > others), is that in a multilingual community like ours, it is really tough > to discuss sensitive issues like this without a very clear understanding of > what we're talking about. People probably have very different expectations > of what you mean with 'harrassment'. My first thought with the word was > basically sexual or physical harrassment, with real life or near-real life > aspects. At Wikimania I got a better understanding that apparently others > were using a much wider definition of the word. > > Hopefully will clarifications like the above on the page reduce the > threshold to participate, especially for those that are not native speakers > (and who have more trouble to read through the whole page to get an > understanding). > > Best, > Lodewijk > (also posted this on the talkpage) > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 3:27 AM, Patrick Earley <pear...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > With a lot of discussion on multiple issues going on, I know it can be > > hard to find time or "bandwidth" for an problem with no easy solutions. > > But some of the community has started to work on some approaches to the > > problem of harassment at the workshop on Meta. [1] > > > > It's an issue that isn't going away on its own, and we've started > > gathering some possible ways forward. We'd love to see you there. > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Harassment_workshop > > > > Best regards, > > > > -- > > Patrick Earley > > Senior Community Advocate > > Wikimedia Foundation > > pear...@wikimedia.org > > (1) 415 975 1874 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Patrick Earley Senior Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation pear...@wikimedia.org (1) 415 975 1874 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
