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 | This page in a nutshell: How does Wikipedia verify that editing Wikipedia is a positive experience? How does Wikipedia verify that users are respectful? |
Wikipedia has a society of editors who collaborate to create content. These editors constitute a society of some kind, and Wikipedians should be able to be proud of the society of which they are a part. We don't all have to like each other or agree, but we should be able to tell noneditors that we enjoy editing Wikipedia and are proud to be a Wikipedian.
As such, Wikipedia should aim to have a pleasant editing environment where editors collaborate respectfully. We should attempt to verify whether this goal is more or less successful. This is a subjective topic, but potentially verifiable and definitely quantifiable such as how workplace environments can be measured by things such as turnover versus retention. Are we the type of place that volunteers work at for decades (because they enjoy it) or are we the type of place that hires new volunteers everyday (because they hate it)?