Wikipedia:Wikimedia Strategy 2017/Cycle 2/Healthy, Inclusive Communities

Theme: Healthy, inclusive communities

By 2030, the Wikimedia volunteer culture will be fun, rewarding, and inclusive for both existing contributors and newcomers. We will welcome new volunteers to our movement and mentor them to ensure that they have a great experience and continue to participate in the projects. People from every background will feel part of a network of groups and organizations with deep relationships. As a result, our movement will grow both in size and in nature, as our projects flourish under our collective care.

Sub-themes

This theme was formed from the content generated by individual contributors and organized groups during cycle 1 discussions. Here are the sub-themes that support this theme. See the Cycle 1 Report, plus the supplementary spreadsheet and synthesis methodology of the 1800+ thematic statements. Community health Community engagement & support Diversity & inclusion Gender diversity Internal communication User engagement New users Experienced users Readers

Insights from movement strategy conversations and research

Insights from the Wikimedia community (from this discussion)

• Week 1 summary
• Week 2 summary
• Week 3 summary
• Week 4 summary

Insights from partners and experts

• Summary of 20 expert interviews from India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Egypt, Brazil and Mexico (2017)
• Summaries of salons, meetings, and interviews with experts and partners

Insights from user (readers and contributors) research

• Generative research in Mexico, Nigeria, and India (2016)

Other Research

Findings from Wikimedia user analytics

1. 220,000 people contribute monthly: https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikimediaAllProjects.htm
2. Representation is skewed: https://web.archive.org/web/20161024063241/https:/stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageEditsPerCountryOverview.htm
3. En-wiki editor retention decline: File:Monthly active editors.enwiki 2016-06.svg
4. En-Wiki monthly user retention: File:Enwiki.monthly user retention.survival proportion.svg

Information on Wikimedia affiliates and organized groups

1. Wikimedia affiliates and organized groups: m:Wikimedia movement affiliates
2. 100+ affiliates around the world: File:Wikimedia Capters and WMF Maps.svg

Past community engagement and donor research

1. Gender gap remains: m:Community Engagement Insights
2. Reader motivations: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.05379.pdf
3. Editor motivations: File:Editor_Survey_2012_-_Wikipedia_editing_experience.pdf
4. Money raised by the foundation: File:FY1516DonationsByContinent.png
5. Donor motivation survey: File:Wikimedia 2014 English Fundraiser Survey.pdf

Research from other sources

1. "The Future of Free Speech, Trolls, Anonymity, and Fake News Online", Pew Research Center: http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/03/29/the-future-of-free-speech-trolls-anonymity-and-fake-news-online/
2. "Online Harassment", Pew Research Center: http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/online-harassment/
3. "The Agency, The New York Times, "From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg, Russia, an army of well-paid “trolls” has tried to wreak havoc all around the Internet": https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html
4. "Lithuanian Elves Combat Russian Influence Online", AP: https://apnews.com/27ce7f001bde4ccb9415ce4a0de74af1/lithuanian-elves-combat-russian-influence-online
5. Underrepresented topics remain that way: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-12-22/how-woke-is-wikipedia-s-editorial-pool
6. 84% of Wikipedia articles focus on Europe and North America: http://www.markgraham.space/blog/geographies-of-the-worlds-knowledge
7. See: Academic Research Related to this Strategy - a post on the Talk page for Theme 5: The Most Respected Source of Knowledge. Please feel free to add citations from that post here and then remove this remark.

Questions

Answer these questions on the talk page Answer these questions in a survey These are the main questions we want you to consider and debate during this discussion. Please support your arguments with research when possible. What impact would we have on the world if we follow this theme? How important is this theme relative to the other 4 themes? Why? Focus requires tradeoffs. If we increase our effort in this area in the next 15 years, is there anything we’re doing today that we would need to stop doing? What else is important to add to this theme to make it stronger? Who else will be working in this area and how might we partner with them?

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