View source for 2019:Quality/Quality instructions

{{Template:2019:Closed submission}}
{{Template:2019:Submission header|sdg_1=0|sdg_2=0|sdg_3=0|sdg_4=0|sdg_5=0|sdg_6=0|sdg_7=0|sdg_8=0|sdg_9=0|sdg_10=0|sdg_11=0|sdg_12=0|sdg_13=0|sdg_14=0|sdg_15=0|sdg_16=0|sdg_17=0}}
<div class="plainlinks" style="background: #FFFFFF; padding:3em; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size:110%; text-align:left; max-width:900px; margin:0 auto; margin-left:2.5em">

<!--INSTRUCTIONS: IF YOU ARE MAKING A SUBMISSION, DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE. 
The submission form starts at the "Description" subheading. -->

=== Description ===
<!-- Instructions: Describe the topic of this session, the problem it is identifying or attempting to solve, or the lesson it is attempting to teach Included images and links if you wish. -->

There are many issues with instructions on many Wikimedia projects which is leading to bad outcomes for new contributors, the wider community, unhelpful actions, lost contributors, poor community health and other issues.

A workshop will look at what could be done to encourage and build better instructions on Wikimedia projects.

I plan to run this is part of my work as part of the strategy process partnerships working group.

=== Relationship to the theme ===
<small>This session will address the conference theme — ''[[Theme|Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals]]'' — in the following manner:</small>
<!-- Instructions: Describe how your session relates to at least one of the 17 SDGs, and helps address at least one of their respective targets. You can learn about these targets on the official website https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs and an explanation of how Wikimedia relates to these targets on the conference website: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Theme/FAQ#Is_Wikimedia_really_contributing_to_all_the_goals?  -->

4. Quality Education: Quality instructions may allow more contributors to build more and better content on Wikimedia projects.

17. Partnerships for the Goals: Better instructions may allow partnerships to have better outcomes.

=== Session outcomes ===
<small>At the end of the session</small>
[[Category:2019:Quality submissions]]
<small>, the following will have been achieved:</small>

An understanding of many of the issues related to quality instructions and some plans of what can be done to improve the situation. The outcomes will also be used as research for the strategy process partnerships working group.

=== Session leader(s) ===
<!-- Instructions: Write/sign your name here. Optionally, you may include your affiliation, role, and/or website. 
Add more lines, as required. -->

*


John Cummings

=== Session type ===
<small>Each ''Space'' at Wikimania 2019 will have specific format requests. The [[2019:Program design|program design]] prioritises submissions which are future-oriented and directly engage the audience. The format of this submission is a:</small>

<!-- Instructions: From the following list, delete the lines which are NOT appropriate to your session. -->
** Workshop to identify and try to solve a problem
* Other<!-- Instructions: Please describe -->

=== Requirements ===
<small>The session will work best with these conditions:</small>

* Room:
<!-- Instructions: Describe what kind of physical setup is most appropriate for your session (for example: a small classroom, a lecture hall, a projector + screen, round-table seating...)  -->

* Audience:
<!-- Instructions: How many people would be appropriate to attend/participate in this session? Would they need to have prior knowledge/skills? -->

* Recording:
<!-- Instructions: Describe whether format, and content, of this session is appropriate for filming by a single fixed-location camera, sharable on the internet, with a free-licence. The answer to this question is affected equally by the subject (for privacy, participant comfort, or copyright) or format (e.g. if multiple conversations are happening simultaneously). -->


<!--Instructions: If you are making a submission, you have now completed the submission form. Please press the blue "Publish" button, to save your submission. Do not edit below this line. -->
</div>