Category:Archiving

In Archiving, I'm gathering Codes of Conduct and annotating them, creating a collection that is possible to browse, dissect and analyse.

In this part, the wiki software became particularly useful. I'm taking advantage of extensions, such as Semantic Mediawiki, to annotate the documents with specific properties. In the process of reading and interpreting the guidelines, I noticed some patterns. It is palpable how writing and managing Codes of Conduct usually means borrowing content from other groups, looking for inspiration elsewhere, and being aware of the concerns of different communities. I, mostly, recognised these sections:

• Intentions — This section sets the goals for the Code of Conducts, manages expectations for the document, explains who is the community.
• Expected behaviour — This section describes the actions welcomed in the community.
• Unacceptable behaviour — This section expresses the behaviours not tolerated in the community. Ignoring these guidelines may result in action from the community.
• Behaviour to avoid — This section lists the actions users should refrain to do, attitudes that weaken the community. It focuses on behaviours some people may think are acceptable.
• Enforcement — This section explains the consequences for the users who break the Code of Conducts. It also clarifies how reports should be done and how the community will act upon the information given. It sets responsibilities when incidents happen.
• Support — This section holds contacts of the people who are responsible for the Code of Conducts. They may respond to reports, inform the community of changes in the documents, be moderators.
• Links — This sections has other links for support, further explanation of some topics, it points to related content elsewhere.

I'm now annotating and selecting parts of the texts that fit into these sections. I intend to make the structure visible and the content within the structure. The act of sharing templates and knowledge might be useful, but it's in the diversity of values, rules, practices of management, enforcement and support that one can find the reasoning for all this labour of care.