User:Rutebega/Overview of harassment discussions


 * March, 2015: Wikimedia holds an Inspire Campaign for its IdeaLab program. Numerous grant proposals relating to harassment and discrimination are submitted, and older proposals receive more attention and support. On 22 April, 2015, Harassment discussion is created as a hub for these proposals and a place to discuss them and the issues more broadly.
 * 2 November, 2015: The Wikimedia Foundation Trust and Safety team (then called Community Advocacy or Support and Safety) launches a harassment survey. The results of this survey were published 29 January, 2016.
 * 16 November, 2015: Community Advocacy opens a harassment consultation for further community input on harassment on Wikimedia projects
 * 17 February, 2016: A second phase of the harassment consultation focused on specific ideas and solutions opens at Harassment workshop
 * 15 March, 2016: The WMF initiates a research project investigating community conduct policies in other online communities and how they approach mitigating harassment and abuse. The project concludes June, 2016.
 * 13 November, 2016: In a regular meeting, the WMF Board of Trustees approves a "Statement on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe Spaces". This statement is published to a subpage of the WMF Board Noticeboard on 8 December, 2016.
 * 26 January, 2017: The WMF announces its Community health initiative, to launch March, 2017 and continue for several years. Its stated goals are "research and product development to help the Wikimedia volunteer community to reduce the level of harassment and disruptive behavior"
 * 19 February, 2019: the Wikimedia Foundation changes its Trust & Safety policy to allow itself to issue bans of finite duration and on specific wikis.