Community health initiative/Annual plan FY18-19

Program Manager: Patrick Earley
Executive Sponsor (C-level): Maggie Dennis

CDP Goals and Outcomes edit

Annual Plan FY18-19 topline goals  X  #1) Knowledge Equity - grow new contributors and content

      #2) Knowledge as a Service - increase reach

      #3) Knowledge as a Service/Foundational Strength - evolve our systems and structures

      None of the above

How does your program affect the annual plan topline goal:

To realize a world where all people can contribute to Wikimedia projects, our volunteer communities must have the resources, both technical and social, to maintain healthy contributing environments. Reducing and mitigating harassment is a key factor in creating and maintaining welcoming and collaborative places that will attract new contributors and encourage them to offer new content from different perspectives. The Community Health Initiative will help realize this goal through tool development, research, legal support, and community support.

Program Goal Wikimedia communities are healthy online spaces for people of diverse backgrounds with strong tools and policies to mitigate harassment.
Outcome 1 Contributors and administrators will be able to make timely, informed decisions when harassment occurs.
Outcome 2   Communities will be able to develop good processes and policies for dealing with harassment and related problems on their projects.
Outcome 3 Targets of harassment will have better information and support from the Foundation appropriate to their situation.

CDP Targets edit

Outcome 1 Target 1 Measurement method
Contributors and administrators are equipped with tools to make timely, informed decisions when harassment occurs. Increase the confidence of admins with their ability to make informed, accurate decisions in conduct disputes, from an September 2017 baseline of 39.3% to 49.3% by June 2019. Annual surveys of English Wikipedia administrators’ confidence with handling vandalism, harassment, and sockpuppetry.
Outcome 2 Target 2 Measurement method
Communities have support and resources to develop strong, actionable policies for dealing with harassment and related problems on their projects.

A Community Health Metrics kit will allow communities to measure quantitative data and satisfaction levels over time, and identify areas for improvement.

Engage with one large and one developing project to develop metrics to evaluate behavioural policies, and a structure to make improvements.

Bring minimum 30 community leaders into focused workshops on evaluating and improving policy

Usage metrics from evaluation toolkit.

Survey of engaged participants on experiences and outcomes from workshops.

Outcome 3 Target 3 Measurement method
Communities will be able to develop good processes for dealing with harassment and related problems on their projects.

A Community Health Metrics kit will allow communities to measure quantitative data and satisfaction levels over time, and identify areas for improvement.

Engage at least one large project in measuring the effectiveness and usability of their processes for dealing with harassment reports.

Bring minimum 30 community leaders into focused workshops on improving enforcement and application of policies

Usage metrics from evaluation toolkit

Survey of engaged participants on experiences and outcomes from workshops

Outcome 4 Target 4 Measurement method
Targets of harassment will have better information and support from the Foundation appropriate to their situation. 75% Individuals are satisfied that the Foundation is supporting them during difficult cases. Conversations with affected individuals,  feedback collected after a case has been reviewed, if available, or review of interactions by Foundation staff.  

Budget segments and outputs edit

CDP Budget Segment 1 edit

Team: Anti-Harassment Tools
Outcome #1
Contributors and administrators will be able to make timely, informed decisions when harassment occurs
Output 1 A harassment reporting system for Wikimedia communities that puts less stress on users who are submitting the reports while simultaneously generating higher-quality reports.
Output 2 Tools that surface brewing situations of harassment and vandalism to community leaders before they become large-scale incidents.
Output 3 A dashboard system for wiki administrators to help them manage current investigations and disciplinary actions.
Output 4 Internationalization of all the tools our team has created to date.

CDP Budget Segment 2 edit

Team: Community Engagement
Outcome # 2
Communities have support and resources to develop good policies for dealing with harassment and related problems on their projects
Output 1 Community Health Metrics kit: Provide communities with metrics and measuring tools to gauge both satisfaction and usability of existing policies.
Output 2 Engage Wikimedians in workshops, both online and at conferences, to develop best practices around policy growth and improvement.
Outcome # 3
Communities will be able to develop good processes for dealing with harassment and related problems on their projects
Output 3 Community Health Metrics kit: Provide communities with metrics and measuring tools to gauge both satisfaction and usability of existing processes.
Output 4 Engage Wikimedians in workshops, both online and at conferences, to develop best practices around policy enforcement

CDP Budget Segment 3 edit

Team: Legal
Outcome # 4
Targets of harassment will have better information and support from the Foundation appropriate to their situation.
Output 1 Community health cases receive legal support, either via direct Foundation action or funding for a volunteer action.
Output 2 Experienced community members have improved resources to help support them in reviewing and handling difficult content.