Archive:Wikimedia Ethics/Brainstorming

Project Timetable

• 09 July 2008 - create project, identify goals, notify people of its existence
• 10 July 2008 - begin brainstorming, create to do list, create structure on main page for subpages, ask for input on ethics guideline and practical objective measurement of it

Future

• July - move whatever part of the timetable seems consensus to main page
• July - (note Wikimania takes place in Alexandria, Egypt July 17–19 and board membership changes, among other things) Get someone there to mention this project?
• August - Carry out practical objective evaluation of ethical management of the English language Wikipedia
• September - Create learning resource to help with identified problems
• October - Promote use of that learning resource and adjust according to feedback

Ethics

• Ask for input
  • at Meta. at Babel page. done: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meta:Babel&diff=1080508&oldid=1080261
  • at Wikimedia Foundation
  • at Wikipedia, and Wikinews for existing or proposed ethical guidelines.

• Craft distinct ethical guidelines for distinct roles and functions —- Jimbo, Florence, Arbitrators, Checkusers, Admins, Biographers, News Journalists, Non-Admins, Wikipedia Outcasts.