July 2024: Incident Reporting System user testing summary
In March 2024, the Trust & Safety Product team conducted user testing of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of the Incident Reporting System to learn if users know where to go to report an emergency incident, and if the user flow makes sense and feels intuitive.
We learned the following:
During user testing, all participants found the entry point to report an incident and the current user flow is well understood.
There was some confusion over two of the reporting options: “someone might cause self-harm” and “public harm threatening message”.
Two participants also made assumptions about the system being automated. One participant was concerned about automation and wanted a human response, whereas the other participant felt assured by the idea it would check if the abuser had any past history of threats and offences, and delete the offensive comment accordingly. All participants expected a timely response (an average of 2-3 days) after submitting a report.
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September 2023: Sharing incident reporting research findings
The Incident Reporting System project has completed research about harassment on selected pilot wikis.
The research, which started in early 2023, studied the Indonesian and Korean Wikipedias to understand harassment, how harassment is reported and how responders to reports go about their work.
The findings of the studies have been published.
In summary, we received valuable insights on the improvements needed for both onwiki and offwiki incident reporting. We also learned more about the communities' needs, which can be used as valuable input for the Incident Reporting tool.
We are keen to share these findings with you; the report has more comprehensive information.
信頼安全製品担当チーム(Trust and Safety Product team)では作業を案内する事前の調査とコミュニティー協議を研究しています。コミュニティ健全性イニシアチブの利用者通報システムの素案ならびに、2019年利用者通報システムのき取り調査を再考しました。さらにまた、コミュニティでは現状、衝突解消にどのように取り組んでいるのか理解しようと、さまざまなウィキが採用している衝突解消の手順からいくつかを取り出し、比較してきました。下記にイタリア語版ウィキペディアの衝突解消の段取りを示してあります。自動化できそうな箇所には、注釈をつけました。
FAQ
Questions and answers from Phase 1 of the project
Q: The project used to be called PIRS, Private Incident Reporting System. Why was the P dropped?
We have renamed the Private Incident Reporting System as Incident Reporting System. The word "Private" has been removed. In the context of harassment and the UCoC the word “Private” refers to respecting community members’ privacy and ensuring their safety. It does not mean that all phases of reporting will be confidential. We have received feedback that this term is therefore confusing and can be difficult to translate in other languages, hence, the change.