Archive:Wikimedia Ethics/Brainstorming
Project Timetable
Past
- 09 July 2008 - create project, identify goals, notify people of its existence
- 10 July 2008 - begin brainstorming, create to do list, create timetable, create structure on main page for subpages, ask for input on ethics guideline and practical objective measurement of it
Future
- 2008
- July
- move whatever part of the timetable seems consensus to main page and/or its own subpage
- 17–19 : Wikimania takes place in Alexandria, Egypt and board membership changes, among other things. Get someone there to mention this project?
- identify ethical practises that should be followed and can be objectively measured with available resources and can be improved by a learning resource at Wikiversity
- 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
- November - This resource finds favor within the process of becoming an admin and evaluating existing admins.
- July
- 2009 - The English language Wikipedia requires all admins to use some specific approved aspects of this resource.
- 2010 - This resource becomes available in other languages and is used in other projects.
Ethics
Request Community Input on Ethics
| “ | We are creating a learning resource at WikiVersity.
Please look at Ethical Management of the English Language Wikipedia. You may wish to add your name to the list of human resources. You may wish to contribute to one or more of the items on the to do list. May I request input on proposed ethical guidelines for management of the English language Wikipedia? Or suggestions on a practical objective method of evaluating the same? |
” |
- Posting of announcements of this project:
- at Meta-Wiki "Babel" page... Done.: Meta-Wiki:Babel
- at Wikipedia Admin Noticeboard page... Done.: Administrators' Noticeboard Announcement
- at Wikinews Water Cooler... (To be posted in Wikinews:Water_cooler/policy) Moulton, will you do this?
- at Wikimedia Foundation (Requires a privileged official to post anything at Messages or Blog.) Moulton, how about talking up the project at http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/ ?
Distinct ethical standards/guides for distinct roles
- Craft or/and gather links to existing distinct ethical guidelines for distinct roles and functions —- Jimbo, Foundation Board, Foundation staff, Arbitrators, Checkusers, Admins, Biographers, News Journalists, Non-Admins, Wikipedia Outcasts.
Links to Existing Wikimedia Project Ethical Guidelines Related to Above
- Wikipedia (Historical Essay on Ethics)
- Wikinews (Unratified and Unadopted Draft Ethics)
- Wikimedia Foundation (Policies)
- Meta-Wiki (Historical Essays on Ethics)
Other ideas
- Perhaps a project subpage called "Ethics Library" with both general content and links?