[Foundation-l] Our values

Sat Sep 1 12:13:47 UTC 2007

Although friendlyness is nice to new editors, there is also a certain
type of friendlyness to the readers. That is usability in the broadest
sense of the word. The content should be in such a shape that it is
easy to use. websites should be in such a layout and accessibility
that they are easy to find the information. Etc. And there is also
Friendlyness towards re-users of the content. That could include the
making available in a nice and friendly way of database dumps etc.
Maybe friendlyness is not the best word, but I certainly agree that it
is important, not only towards (new) editors, but also towards readers
and re-users.

Best regards,

Lodewijk

2007/9/1, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 op yahoo.com>:
> Matthew Britton wrote:
> > Erik Moeller wrote:
> >> - I do not believe that we should ever sacrifice friendliness "for the
> >> greater good".
> > You haven't edited the English Wikipedia recently, have you?
> >
> > -Gurch
>
> Well...
>
> This is also what I mean by difference between "preferred values" and
> "actual values".
>
> It seems to me that "wikilove" is something most of us would like to see
> as one of our value (a mix of respect for others, what they do, what
> they believe in, and a desire to listen to them rather than just
> straight telling them they are jerks if they believe in blablabla...).
> It is a desire of empathy for others. For some of us, it is because it
> is the type of environment they prefer. For others, very practically,
> because it is *good* for the project to have a great diversity of
> approaches and skills, and we can not have this diversity if there is
> not a minimum of tolerance and trust.
>
> This said, we can not make wikilove a rule, a policy, but certainly a
> guideline in how we expect editors to behave one with each other.
> On some websites, the people are not expected to behave nicely with each
> others. In some TV shows, you are even expected to be nasty and vicious
> with the other people on the stage. I would hope that the majority of us
> would prefer respect and tolerance at a minimum. Limits of tolerance are
> very quickly reached when a very racist person, or a pedophile, or a
> extrem-right wing person is editing. But still, we do not ban them on
> the spot, right ?
> Wikilove can only be a guidelines, a hope.
>
> That does not mean that this guidelines is always respected. Yes, there
> are edit wars, yes, there are personal attacks, yes, there is
> cyberstalking etc... and yes the english wikipedia is not always very
> friendly. But is this really the type of working environment we are
> looking for ?
>
> Ant
>
>
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