Research:Civil Behavior Interviews/Interview

• What got you started editing Wikipedia?
• What does a civil talk page look like?
• Can you think back to a clearly civil interaction you’ve seen take place on a talk page. What did that look like
• What does an uncivil talk page look like?
• Can you think back to a clearly uncivil interaction you’ve seen take place on a talk page. What did that look like?
• As an editor, what are some strategies you use to handle uncivil or non-productive talk pages when you encounter them?
• Sometimes controversial talk pages contain productive and dysfunctional behavior. Can you think of a time when you encountered a talk page that contained a mix of productive and dysfunctional behavior? What behaviors took place on that page?

• What do you think are some of the most useful things editors can do when a talk page gets very long? Very contentious?

Cognitive walk-through:

Participants will be asked to pull up an example of a talk page that they feel exemplifies uncivil talk pages

• • Could you take a few moments to read through the page, and as you do so, please describe what is happening on this page to me?
  • What immediately jumps out to you on this page?
  • Would you consider this talk page civil or uncivil?
  • What immediately jumps out to you as uncivil on this page?
  • What else on this page would you call uncivil?
  • Why would you call these things uncivil?
  • What immediately jumps out to you as civil on this page?
  • What else on this page would you call civil?
  • Why would you call these things civil? Participants will be asked to pull up an example of a talk page that they feel exemplifies ambiguous (containing both civil and uncivil interactions) talk pages
    • Could you take a few moments to read through the page, and as you do so, please describe what is happening on this page to me?
    • What immediately jumps out to you on this page?
    • Would you consider this talk page civil or uncivil?
    • What immediately jumps out to you as uncivil on this page?
    • What else on this page would you call uncivil?
    • Why would you call these things uncivil?
    • What immediately jumps out to you as civil on this page?
    • What else on this page would you call civil?
    • Why would you call these things civil?

Participants will be asked to pull up an example of a talk page that they feel exemplifies civil talk pages

• • Could you take a few moments to read through the page, and as you do so, please describe what is happening on this page to me?
  • What immediately jumps out to you on this page?
  • Would you consider this talk page civil or uncivil?
  • What immediately jumps out to you as uncivil on this page?
  • What else on this page would you call uncivil?
  • Why would you call these things uncivil?
  • What immediately jumps out to you as civil on this page?
  • What else on this page would you call civil?
  • Why would you call these things civil?