Summary:Talk:Strategic Plan/Movement Priorities/diversity

From Strategic Planning

The current state of participation:

  • The male-female ratio is too skewed
  • Would like stats for ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status
  • The "consensus" process flies by too quickly for all those except those deeply involved to participate
    • We're introducing bias into our decision-making processes by designing them for high-volume contributors. Decision-making should not be framed by the person with the most free time.
  • Rash and rude judgments are a major deterrent to participation, especially to women and the elderly

Possible solutions:

  • Different groups of people have different amounts of time they can contribute. Data on how these groups spend their time could help us understand how much time they can contribute.
  • Need to make low-commitment tasks and make it clear what those are
  • Need to distinguish newbies from others and protect their articles from deletion.
  • Need to distinguish between flagrant and unknowing policy violations, and politely explains things for the latter.
  • How can we make Wikipedia a higher priority for people?