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Wiki: Things That Destroy Community

Wiki: Things That Destroy Community

Community is hard to build, but surprisingly easy to destroy. Microsoft is trusting all of us to do the right thing on this Wiki.

Things that will destroy (or prevent formation of) community include:

  1. Disrespect.
    • Failure to acknowledge the thoughts and opinions of others.
    • Asking for feedback then ignoring it.
    • Editing without leaving edit comments to explain why.
    • Trampling over expressed expectations.
    • Not doing what you say you will do.
  2. Allowing inappropriate user behavior and content to go unaddressed.
    • Spam unchecked.
    • Abusive or inappropriate comments left unaddressed.
  3. Un-transparency (opacity?), meaning not sharing wiki governance information. “Security through obscurity does not work”, neither does building community with obscurity. 
    • Discourage communication and collaboration.
    • Failure to express and enforce expectations/standard of conduct.
  4. Being unreliable.
  5. Being unhelpful.
  6. Being inconsistent.
  7. Hoarding knowledge instead of sharing it.
  8. Not documenting.
    • No how tos for the wiki.
    • No "minutes of the meetings" of wiki governance.
    • No agendas/expression of expectations beforehand.
    • No written goals/guidelines.
  9. Difficult or inappropriate tools/UI.
  10. Content that's not about Microsoft technologies (spam).

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  • 17 Jun 2012 7:52 AM

    Luciano Lima [MVP] Brazil edited Revision 13. Comment: Update link Wiki: Coisas que Destroem uma Comunidade (pt-BR).

  • 30 Apr 2012 6:29 AM

    yottun8 edited Revision 12. Comment: Added the ja-JP link.

  • 31 Mar 2012 5:35 AM

    Horizon_Net edited Revision 11. Comment: added language tags

  • 7 Jul 2010 9:14 AM

    Eric Battalio MSFT edited Revision 4. Comment: added an item

  • 14 Apr 2010 10:36 PM

    Monica Rush edited Revision 3. Comment: 1) Removed "The top 10" since the number will vary; 2) Should add link to reporting abuse info when we have this topic (if we don't already). I will do this.

  • 13 Apr 2010 9:42 AM

    Pronichkin edited Revision 2. Comment: Fixed text formatting

  • 17 Mar 2010 11:21 AM

    Ed Price MSFT edited Revision 1. Comment: Added "How to Build Community" link.

  • 5 Mar 2010 12:20 PM

    Ed Price MSFT edited Original. Comment: Added "See Also" link.

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    on 5 Mar 2010 12:20 PM

    Ed Price MSFT edited Original. Comment: Added "See Also" link.

  • Posted by
    on 17 Mar 2010 11:21 AM

    Ed Price MSFT edited Revision 1. Comment: Added "How to Build Community" link.

  • Posted by
    on 13 Apr 2010 9:42 AM

    Pronichkin edited Revision 2. Comment: Fixed text formatting

  • Posted by
    on 14 Apr 2010 10:36 PM

    Monica Rush edited Revision 3. Comment: 1) Removed "The top 10" since the number will vary; 2) Should add link to reporting abuse info when we have this topic (if we don't already). I will do this.

  • Posted by
    on 7 Jul 2010 9:14 AM

    Eric Battalio MSFT edited Revision 4. Comment: added an item

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    on 23 Mar 2012 7:27 PM

    Luciano Lima [MVP] Brazil edited Revision 6. Comment: Added link the article Wiki: Coisas que Destroem uma Comunidade (pt-BR).

  • Posted by
    on 23 Mar 2012 7:31 PM

    Luciano Lima [MVP] Brazil edited Revision 7. Comment: Fix the format.

  • Posted by
    on 30 Mar 2012 11:24 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 8. Comment: Added Spanish

  • Posted by
    on 31 Mar 2012 5:35 AM

    Horizon_Net edited Revision 11. Comment: added language tags

  • Posted by
    on 30 Apr 2012 6:29 AM

    yottun8 edited Revision 12. Comment: Added the ja-JP link.

  • Posted by
    on 17 Jun 2012 7:52 AM

    Luciano Lima [MVP] Brazil edited Revision 13. Comment: Update link Wiki: Coisas que Destroem uma Comunidade (pt-BR).

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