Probably the best place to put a plug would be the in templates used by Huggle. "If you think this warning is inappropriate, report it [[here]]" That way people that insist on using off-putting templates in edge cases are automatically directing any offended parties to the attention of people who will respond to there concern more carefully. Maybe that could short-circuit the escalating defensiveness that often occurs between newbies and patrollers.
BirgitteSB On Jun 25, 2011, at 1:41 PM, carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: > Yes, fred we must put our time where our mouths are. > By watching Wikiquette_alerts and by encouraging use of them. > Where's the best newbie forum for that? > Going through a variety of essays and putting in a plug also might help... > It would be less manageable then - but then if enough people did it and > Wikipedia had a reputation of chiding those who go out of their way to > be obnoxious, perhaps they would learn something. (I've seen really > obnoxious people quit after the most gentle chiding.) > > CM > > On 6/24/2011 10:35 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: >>> The below is a reminder of how useful it would be to put more emphasis >>> on letting new editors know that Wikiquette Alerts exist, encouraging >>> them to complain and then encouraging admins to just go to editors who >>> attack others, even with minor snide remarks, and encourage them not to >>> do it. That's the kind of peer pressure that works best. >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts >>> >>> Even as a very assertive person and a relatively bold editor, it took me >>> almost two years before I started going to such venues for help. Sadly, >>> I didn't often get it. I think it would be the one single thing that >>> could keep women who start editing from stopping. The bad boys might >>> call it "snitching." We should call it empowerment - or maybe, >>> considering the average age of the perpetrators, good parenting! ;-) >>> >>> It really has to be it's own little wikiproject, or subgroup, or >>> something. I haven't been paying much attention to wikipedia last could >>> months myself so can't remember the various options. >>> >>> Carol in dc >> Yes, I could follow that regularly. It seems manageable. >> >> Fred >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1513/3724 - Release Date: 06/24/11 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
