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Welcome to Esperanza's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page! The most commonly asked questions about Esperanza are located here, along with their answers, written by Esperanzians themselves. To propose a new question, use the FAQ's talk page. Please ensure your question relates to Esperanza or its programs. Unrelated questions may be deleted. Esperanzians will discuss possible responses on the talk page. Afterwhich, the question and answer will be posted on this page. Thank you, and we hope we can help! Nothing on this page is designed to be a code of conduct or to be followed to the letter. Circumstances alter, processes evolve, people change. Therefore, this page offers advice, not rules. That advice, like all advice, can be good or bad, wrong or right. It can also be taken or ignored. |
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Example Q. How do I join Esperanza?
A. To join, you need to have been a Wikipedian for at least two weeks, and have about 150 (one hundred and fifty) edits. It is best if most of the edits are main (article) space edits, and you will most likely be declined membership if you have about 130 edits to your userpage, and only 20 edits to articles etc. Please go to the Members page and add your name to the list. You will then normally recieve a welcome from another Esperanzian.
We're a group of people dedicated to building an encyclopedia who agree that the best way of doing this is through an enhanced sense of community amongst the participants. Some people believe that the community gets in the way of the encyclopedia; some people are on Wikipedia only for the community aspect, not for the encyclopedia; some people are somewhere between the two to various degrees; some people can't fit into any online community and therefore seek to tear them down or deny them; some cannot fit into a RL community so therefore seek to build a new one online. Esperanza stands amongst all of these people, welcoming them all and requiring as much or as little involvement as they want to give to their fellow editors.
Our overriding aim is to avoid a situation as happened at the Spanish Wikipedia, where a substantial group of editors forked off over a terrible, heated misunderstanding. We exist to attempt to diffuse these misunderstandings in future. We do this collectively and as individuals. Or we don't do it - it's optional. Esperanzians work tirelessly here at Wikipedia: Diffusing arguments and edit wars, mediating when necessary, correcting mistakes, all for no publicity. We establish friendships and community spirit, and Esperanzians work helping to ensure the community stays a friendly and happy place.
Just by adding your name to the list of members. Then you're in. However, there are some guidelines. You need to have been a Wikipedian for at least two weeks, and have about 150 (one hundred and fifty) edits. It is best if the majority of your edits are main (article) space, or Wikipedia space. You will then normally recieve a welcome from another Esperanzian. You can then do as much or as little as you wish.
Nothing, really. Esperanzians believe that you can spend your time on Wikipedia any way you wish. We have some core items that we believe everyone should try to stick to, but we recognise that everybody makes mistakes, gets angry, says things they regret, has trouble apologising, and does other things that annoy others. We all do that too. But we do try to keep ourselves aware of the fact that nobody is perfect.
We recognise that Wikipedia editors, admins and readers are human. That humans have seven billion different viewpoints, all of which are correct. That all viewpoints can be discussed and debated easily, so long as all people involved maintain civility toward each other. But we also know that, as human beings, we are all incivil now and again. We offer forgiveness here. We hope for contrition. We do not require nor seek retribution. We do not judge. We are Esperanzians. We listen.
Some are very active and very visible. Some are very active and almost invisible. Some do almost nothing and are almost invisible. Some do almost nothing and are very visible. All are welcome - we do not require a specific level of commitment. The building of the encyclopedia must come before the work of Esperanza.
Esperanzians are there, in the background, in the foreground, loud, quiet, on email, on Wiki, on IRC, wherever and whenever we are needed, just doing that tiny, tiny 0.0001% thing, that voice that says "thank you for your contribution. Have a barnstar. What a nice user page. Have you thought of being an admin? Don't worry that your contribution has been rejected loudly. We valued it. Thanks." You may not even notice that happening, but it does.
There are some deliberately vague core ideas. You can interpret them as you wish; live by them utterly or ignore them; pick and choose which you feel you can do or attempt to work towards all of them.
The person in question is only human. Esperanza would advise that you go to mediation. If a person, Esperanzian or not, is seriously disrupting Wikipedia, eventually something will happen by other means. Esperanza as an organisation will not call for someone to be punished for their actions. Individuals may seek contrition from another editor, but Esperanza does not act corporately to do so. We will, however, listen. We just won't promise to act.
Esperanza FAQ |
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Welcome to Esperanza's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page! The most commonly asked questions about Esperanza are located here, along with their answers, written by Esperanzians themselves. To propose a new question, use the FAQ's talk page. Please ensure your question relates to Esperanza or its programs. Unrelated questions may be deleted. Esperanzians will discuss possible responses on the talk page. Afterwhich, the question and answer will be posted on this page. Thank you, and we hope we can help! Nothing on this page is designed to be a code of conduct or to be followed to the letter. Circumstances alter, processes evolve, people change. Therefore, this page offers advice, not rules. That advice, like all advice, can be good or bad, wrong or right. It can also be taken or ignored. |
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Example Q. How do I join Esperanza?
A. To join, you need to have been a Wikipedian for at least two weeks, and have about 150 (one hundred and fifty) edits. It is best if most of the edits are main (article) space edits, and you will most likely be declined membership if you have about 130 edits to your userpage, and only 20 edits to articles etc. Please go to the Members page and add your name to the list. You will then normally recieve a welcome from another Esperanzian.
We're a group of people dedicated to building an encyclopedia who agree that the best way of doing this is through an enhanced sense of community amongst the participants. Some people believe that the community gets in the way of the encyclopedia; some people are on Wikipedia only for the community aspect, not for the encyclopedia; some people are somewhere between the two to various degrees; some people can't fit into any online community and therefore seek to tear them down or deny them; some cannot fit into a RL community so therefore seek to build a new one online. Esperanza stands amongst all of these people, welcoming them all and requiring as much or as little involvement as they want to give to their fellow editors.
Our overriding aim is to avoid a situation as happened at the Spanish Wikipedia, where a substantial group of editors forked off over a terrible, heated misunderstanding. We exist to attempt to diffuse these misunderstandings in future. We do this collectively and as individuals. Or we don't do it - it's optional. Esperanzians work tirelessly here at Wikipedia: Diffusing arguments and edit wars, mediating when necessary, correcting mistakes, all for no publicity. We establish friendships and community spirit, and Esperanzians work helping to ensure the community stays a friendly and happy place.
Just by adding your name to the list of members. Then you're in. However, there are some guidelines. You need to have been a Wikipedian for at least two weeks, and have about 150 (one hundred and fifty) edits. It is best if the majority of your edits are main (article) space, or Wikipedia space. You will then normally recieve a welcome from another Esperanzian. You can then do as much or as little as you wish.
Nothing, really. Esperanzians believe that you can spend your time on Wikipedia any way you wish. We have some core items that we believe everyone should try to stick to, but we recognise that everybody makes mistakes, gets angry, says things they regret, has trouble apologising, and does other things that annoy others. We all do that too. But we do try to keep ourselves aware of the fact that nobody is perfect.
We recognise that Wikipedia editors, admins and readers are human. That humans have seven billion different viewpoints, all of which are correct. That all viewpoints can be discussed and debated easily, so long as all people involved maintain civility toward each other. But we also know that, as human beings, we are all incivil now and again. We offer forgiveness here. We hope for contrition. We do not require nor seek retribution. We do not judge. We are Esperanzians. We listen.
Some are very active and very visible. Some are very active and almost invisible. Some do almost nothing and are almost invisible. Some do almost nothing and are very visible. All are welcome - we do not require a specific level of commitment. The building of the encyclopedia must come before the work of Esperanza.
Esperanzians are there, in the background, in the foreground, loud, quiet, on email, on Wiki, on IRC, wherever and whenever we are needed, just doing that tiny, tiny 0.0001% thing, that voice that says "thank you for your contribution. Have a barnstar. What a nice user page. Have you thought of being an admin? Don't worry that your contribution has been rejected loudly. We valued it. Thanks." You may not even notice that happening, but it does.
There are some deliberately vague core ideas. You can interpret them as you wish; live by them utterly or ignore them; pick and choose which you feel you can do or attempt to work towards all of them.
The person in question is only human. Esperanza would advise that you go to mediation. If a person, Esperanzian or not, is seriously disrupting Wikipedia, eventually something will happen by other means. Esperanza as an organisation will not call for someone to be punished for their actions. Individuals may seek contrition from another editor, but Esperanza does not act corporately to do so. We will, however, listen. We just won't promise to act.