Wikiversity talk:Social contract

This page was started to explore an idea that was discussed at colloqium. --mikeu talk 20:56, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Re: Conflict Resolution
I presume the type of conflicts that arise are about editing articles (from what i've seen of Wikipedia) or procedural matters to do with how Wikiversity is run. If the problem is that the structure of some part of Wikiversity is constantly changed back and forth to suit the views of two conflicting editors then the resultant instability could be nullified by using an algorithm (either automated or enacted by people) that detects the identity of the editors causing the oscillation and removes the offending series of edits by both  the editors. Presumably if the offending edits are not vandalism both view points may have some validity. Much conflict can be avoided if people remember that dialog is only useful if done in the spirit of educating and learning at the same time.


 * What's needed in these situations is to boil the "he said" / "she said" into a succinct presentation of point and counter-point that doesn't simply replay endlessly, but becomes as concise as possible so that the conflict can be analyzed by independent parties so that a resolution may be crafted. —Moulton 01:03, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Issues to address
A preliminary shortlist.


 * Collaboration
 * Commitment
 * Dedication
 * Due process
 * Focus
 * Honor
 * Privacy (that includes outing elswehere)
 * Quality
 * Respect (that includes behaviour elsewhere)
 * Support

Regards, Guido den Broeder 00:53, 15 February 2011 (UTC)