Workgroup:Code of Conduct/Issue Tracker

Draft 1 beta Here we discuss issues arising on the draft Code of Conduct. For lengthy discussions use the "discussion" tab.

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=>>General=

Managing Multiple Drafts
Developing a 2nd Draft has been suggested (by Alison). Some of its wording has been incorporated already (e.g. in the Introduction). However, I have removed reference to it in the template (the links at the top of the page to 'Charter, 1st Draft, Issues, ....') as it confuses readers about which version is the current working version.

One possibility, if we do want to manage multiple versions (at this stage, so close to the Council meeting) is to change the template's "1st Draft" to "Drafts" and within "Drafts" link to "1st Draft" and to other versions. Among these could be (i) the version Alison started under another name (not "2nd Draft" yet), (ii) a version with the Community and Leadership sections cleverly merged, (iii) a version with the Community and Leadership sections on separate pages, etc.. For now, with the WECC meeting later this month, this approach might generate too many pages to watch and continually synchronise. If we do something like this we will have to be very clear which is the current working version for wording of sections and their headings; the others mentioned (i - iii) would be more to do with structure. Suggestions welcome. - Kim Tucker 10:37, 2 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Instead, created the "Staging area with a link to it in the template above. - Kim Tucker 08:41, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

=WikiEducator Code of Conduct v11.01.00=

>>Be mindful of the community and interdependencies
Simplifying the title to "Be mindful of the community" (removing implicit reference to Steven Covey's "interdependence". - Kim Tucker 09:18, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

>>Be Collaborative
See above. The suggestion is to remove "Be Considerate" and to place "Be Collaborative" before "Be respectful".


 * I like the new flow. It's helpful to see how it hangs together in the beta version. I think we are ready to revise the first three in the 1st draft version. --Alison Snieckus 01:05, 7 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Done :-) - Kim Tucker 12:33, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

>>Assume Good Faith
Concerning the last sentence: "Be civil and strive for consensus or agreement on a constructive way forward for all parties." We've already included this idea in "Be respectful" and "Be collaborative". I think we can safely delete this sentence. --Alison Snieckus 01:52, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm wondering if the statement "...which may become heated when passions run high on some particular topic" is irrelevant to this point. This phrase harks back to be respectful, collaborative. Rather, an aspect that we might consider including here is misplaced or unintentional edits of inexperienced users. In that educators often come to WE with little experience relevant to working in a wiki environment, I think we will continue to experience inappropriate (but not in a bad way), unproductive (eg., replying to a discussion question in the activity box when that is not the intent of the activity), misplaced or unintentional edits. I see them pretty often. Would it be useful to add the concept of "unintentional" (is there a more effective word?) edits to this principle? --Alison Snieckus 01:52, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Good point. I have updated with the following:
 * WikiEducator welcomes and encourages newcomers and inexperienced participants who may be unfamiliar with the emergent culture and wiki environment. Occasionally, misplaced edits or comments with unintended implications arise. Most people mean well and contribute with a view to enhancing the resources on WikiEducator. In general, assume good faith unless there is clear evidence of malice.
 * Okay? - Kim Tucker 12:38, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The rewording is a great improvement, effectively capturing the WE environment. Well said. --Alison Snieckus 23:47, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

When disagreements arise, consult others
See "Be consultative" above and consider whether this section is still necessary if we already have the principles of being consultative, respectful, ... ?? - Kim Tucker 11:14, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Default action (i.e. if no objections): retain it (or variation).


 * I vote for dropping this section. As Kim suggests, the concepts are already included in be consultative, respectful...., and the suggestions in the supporting text for resources to help with a disagreement are insufficient to be helpful. I suggest that this topic be dealt with in a guideline, eg. "How to address a continuing disagreement". --Alison Snieckus 00:08, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Another good suggestion, with no objections so far. I'll make the change and adapt the "Be collaborative" section slightly to reflect the option of creating alternative resources. - Kim Tucker 08:13, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

>>Leadership
IMO some of this section presupposes certain views on leadership which do not apply to all classes of leader which may emerge on WikiEducator. Without adding additional definitions (e.g. virtuoso, visionary leader, team leader, project leader, workgroup leader, catalyst, animator, inspirer, manager, ...), the following eliminates some of this, merges sections and eliminates redundancy (given that Leaders epitomise the rest of the Code of Conduct).

Recommend: write separate guidelines for WikiEducator leaders (and/or link to Leadership courses etc.). See the Resources page.


 * I suggest that we not organize the leadership principles in a separate heading. I think most educators understand that collaboration will utilise various types of leadership, and given our goal to be concise, even minimalist, we don't need to say it here. (Instead I recommend creating a "Wikieducator:Leadership" page, and move the general text about leadership to that page, with a link from the first use of the term leader in the supporting text. And, I agree with the recommendation to create more specific, detailed guidelines for leaders.) --Alison Snieckus 00:25, 5 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hand-in-hand with the idea to drop the leadership section, I suggest we develop one overarching principle on leadership for this code of conduct. As the comments (on the various points below) suggest, there is some overlap in this section with the other principles, and I think the listed principles would be better presented in guidelines. My thought is that the one principle encourage people to take on and share leadership, and not overly defer to leaders--understand that WE are all equals, no matter our role/title. Maybe the principle could be "Encourage leadership", suggesting we help others be leaders, as well as consider leadership roles ourselves. In some ways, I see the principle as similar to the "Be bold" pillar at wp--if you have a good idea, suggest it, try it out, encourage others to join you, help make it happen. --Alison Snieckus 01:11, 5 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the support and suggestions :-). I have created a WikiEducator:Leadership page. For now it has all the text from the Leadership section which I will remove. Below is a suggestion for the one principle for Leadership on WikiEducator (already replacing the previous Leadership section). - Kim Tucker 09:00, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

>>Inspire and facilitate collaborative action
Reducing inclusion of principles implicit elsewhere in the Code of Conduct:

>>Step Down Gracefully
Too long? Perhaps only include the first paragraph (or a variation of it) and relegate the rest to a guideline document for WikiEducator leaders? - Kim Tucker 01:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Default action: include only the first paragraph (or variation of it).
 * Removed all except that paragraph. - Kim Tucker 12:51, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

>>Mailing lists and web forums
This section is not needed (IMO) - Kim Tucker 03:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Default action (i.e. if no objections): remove it.
 * Removed - Kim Tucker 12:52, 3 May 2011 (UTC).

References (within this Issues page)
=Issues for Future Versions=


 * Revisit all of the above.
 * Check whether we need to highlight new issues as the context changes (e.g. developments with ACTA, SOPA, PIPA, ...).
 * WikiEducator Terms of Use - cf Wikimedia Foundation's New Terms of use (2012)