Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/WikiWomen's User Group
Information
editWhat group or community is this source coming from?
| name of group | WikiWomen's User Group |
| virtual location (page-link) or physical location (city/state/country) | w:en:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red/Archive 25#Wiki 2030 |
| Location type (e.g. local wiki, Facebook, in-person discussion, telephone conference) | Local wiki; in-person discussions at Wikimedia Conference in Berlin |
| # of participants in this discussion (a rough count) | 30 |
Summary
editSummary for the discussion:
| Line | Statement (summary sentence) | Keywords |
| 1 | We should develop a less elitist and more inclusionary encyclopedia. | inclusionary |
| 2 | Notability must be the underpinning, but secondary criteria needs to be re-evaluated, to take into account the disparity in coverage that women and minorities have received historically and currently. | notability, disparity, women, minorities |
| 3 | Accuracy must remain a goal, but it cannot be the excuse to allow negative behaviors. | accuracy, negativity |
| 4 | We must eliminate bullying and wikilawyering, and replace that with proactive training, rather than a policing environment. | bullying, wikilawyering, training, policing |
| 5 | We need policies that encourage article creation, and editor cooperation. | articles creation, cooperation |
| 6 | We need to develop tools to monitor progress. | tools |
| 7 | Good editors will leave if there are not positive measures taken to retain them. | editor retention |
| 8 | Humans err, it is what allows us to learn; there will always be errors. | learn |
| 9 | To improve readability, every article needs a concise summary, and should be nurtured to increase quality. | readability, quality |
| 10 | Community should be assessed in terms of editor relationships. | community |
| 11 | Deletion rules should be overhauled. | deletion |
| 12 | Article naming policy should be revised to acknowledge that women's names in a majority of cultures change over time. | article naming |
| 13 | Foundation buy-in is necessary in tackling problems. | WMF buy-in |