User:Sjc
My wikipedia page: [1]
Task force (1) page: Task force/Enhance community health and culture task force
Article on the Authonomy affair which led to my quitting en.wikipedia in perpetuity Task force/Enhance community health and culture task force/Making Wikipedia a Happier Community and how the situation can be rectified.
Article on the inclusiveness and broad demographic reach as a measure and determinant of community health (forthcoming) prompted by some issues which arose during the group IRC meet on 3.12.09 Task force/Enhance community health and culture task force/Diversity and inclusivess as Community Health issues
[edit] Identified Issues
What key measures of community health exist and how have these measures changed over time? What are the causes in the apparent decline in community? How can these causes of the decline in community health be addressed? (i.e. cultural norms, technology solutions, communications) Are some projects more burdened with policies than others? If so, why and what has been the impact? Which policies have the most direct impact, both positive and negative, on contribution? Which policies are necessary for the functioning of the Wikimedia community? Which can be eliminated? What 2-4 strategic opportunities for investment in improving community health would have the most positive impact on the attraction and retention of contributors? Who is needed to support this strategy (e.g., Wikimedia Foundation, chapters, individual volunteers, external partners), and what do they need to do?
[edit] Notes on Task Force issues/objectives & miscellaneous other considerations:
- What are the objectives?
- Metrics - are there any? how reliable? coverage?
- What exactly do we mean by community health? Is it measurable or quantifiable?
- Time - uh oh, this starts to get metaphysical - what do we understand by time? Days, months, years, an article lifespan?
- Is there really an apparent decline or is it all just apparent? What do we mean by decline? Numbers? Quality?
- We are assuming there is a real decline to be addressed. Is this in fact the case? Or is it a blip? Or a natural peak/trough/ project maturity issue?
- Ah. policies. Wiki seems big on a policy and likes them. Lots of them. So much so that some of them are mutually contradictory...
- Identification of strategic opportunities... Investment? Let's find out what this means in real terms....
- Support mechanisms. Identification & fostering? Roles?
