Wikipedia talk:Dispute Resolution Improvement Project

Pile-on at DR

I occasionally see a bit of pile-on at different DR venues (and noticeboards in general). Over the last few years, it seems that DR is sometimes viewed as an invitation to a feeding frenzy, which is not very helpful when trying to resolve disputes. I completely missed it when the survey was being constructed, but perhaps this concern could be kept in mind while reviewing the DR survey results. It's possible that DR sometimes isn't as effective as it could be because of pile-on. I'm wondering if people could be more focused on resolution and less on dispute if that would make the process more efficient. 64.40.57.54 (talk) 02:08, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Us DR folk chat quite a bit about how we can make dispute resolution more efficient. I have an unusual idea that I think I'll circulate around with a few people and see if it's a viable option. Thanks for your comments. Regards, Steven Zhang ^Talk 13:47, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Number of forums

You made the claim in an email that you sent out that "Dispute resolution is difficult due to its complexity, inaccessibility, and because of the large amount of dispute resolution forums that exist." I do not think this is the best way to phrase the problem. The difficulty here is the large number of choices which a person must make in selecting a dispute resolution forum.

I think the same problem used to exist in picturing uploading and article creation, and now there are wizards for those things. I have thought that it might be nice to have either a wizard or even just a flowchart to help people decide how to settle disputes.

I think that the multiple existing forums are all necessary and volunteers who staff those forums should not be discouraged from supporting them, but rather the problem is when users seek help in a particular forum which is not the best choice for their kind of dispute. If there were a wizard, then that could also provide user metrics to track what kinds of problems are most commonly perceived. I appreciate your work on this. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:15, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Move this to a project page

I think you should move this off your userspace and start talking about it on a project page so that you create the foundation for this becoming a community project rather than a personal one. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:16, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

At present, it's really a page to show the community the progress of the activies I am undertaking as a fellow. When it morphs into a community project, I'll move it somewhere else - but I'm not sure where it'd go at this stage. Regards, Steven Zhang ^{Get involved in DR!} 03:16, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]