User:Jkatz (WMF)/Sandbox/Gather Moderation

Proposed Protocol for Collection Moderation
On English Wikipedia we want to hide collections that damage the fabric of our community or cause harm to a private individual. This is a living breathing document. Since it is a new feature it will change with usage and we encourage administrators interested in moderating to edit this article and help us reach a consensus on what is or is not appropriate with regard to collections.

Collections are a way to navigate, share and discover wikipedia articles. They are not articles and the standards that apply to Wikipedia articles do not necessarily apply to Collections. For instance, a collection with the name "The empire state building is the shortest building in the world" by user3232 should live! It is a personal opinion and clearly so.

Moderation Criteria
Our main objective is to ensure that legal policies are met, but a secondary objective is to maintain a safe community.

What we hide:

 * private, personal information (such as social security numbers)
 * threats of violence, sexual exploitation, theft, vandalism, or other financial harm.
 * shaming, bullying or harassing private individuals
 * hate speech(?)
 * collections where the title and description are not consistent with the content and the content could cause offense: i.e. "Happy bunny pictures"--> collection with images of torture
 * collections with "Wikipedia" in the title or description that suggest the collection represents the official position of the encyclopedia
 * collections where the name or description contains personal details e.g. an e-mail address or telephone number or postal address or other similar sensitive information.

Reasons we do not hide:

 * statements that are false
 * opinions we disagree with
 * collections that are trivial or meaningless
 * collections that are humorous
 * collections that with "Wikipedia" in the title or description that do not suggest the collection represents the official position of the encyclopedia (e.g. "Wikipedia articles I helped with")

Protocol
We do not have notifications in place yet for administrative actions on collections! It is important that we inform the owner that an action has been taken.

Hiding
When you hide a collection, email or put on the owner's talk page the following message:

Hi,

I am an admin for Wikipedia and am helping to keep Wikipedia a positive, safe place for everyone. I hid your list from public viewing because it was ___

If you have any questions or concerns, please respond to this message within 72 hours.

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Unhiding
If you unhide a collection, please email or put the following on the owner's talk page:

Hi,

I am an admin for Wikipedia and I unhid your list, because it does not currently violate our standards of conduct for collections. I apologize for any inconvenience caused by your list being hidden. ~