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== About the BostonDSA Wiki ==
== About the Boston DSA Wiki ==


Welcome to the BostonDSA's wiki! A wiki is a website that anyone can edit, and our chapter can use to collaborate and keep information. See the [[Main Page#Chapter Resources|Chapter Resources]] below for some existing useful wiki pages. If you would like to contribute this wiki, please read the [[Main Page#How to contribute to this wiki|how to contribute to this wiki]] section below.
Welcome to Boston DSA's wiki! A wiki is an editable website and any member of Boston DSA can view and edit this website. It's here to serve as a reference for how our chapter works, how to organize, and how to get involved in our work. If you would like to view and contribute to this wiki, please read the [[Main Page#How to contribute to this wiki|How to contribute to this wiki]] section below.


== Chapter Resources ==
== Chapter Resources ==
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* [https://www.bostondsa.org/ Boston DSA website]
* [https://www.bostondsa.org/ Boston DSA website]
* [[Chapter Updates]]
* [[Chapter Updates]]
* [[Chapter Communications]]
* [[Chapter Communications]] (and other technical resources!)
* [[Chapter Policies]]
* [[Chapter Policies]]
* [[General Meetings]]
* [[How-to Guides]]
* [[How-to Guides]]
* [[Propaganda Resources]]
* [[National DSA|Information about National DSA]]
* [[National DSA|Information about National DSA]]


== Structure ==
== Chapter Structure ==


=== Officers ===
=== Officers ===
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=== Working Groups ===
=== Working Groups ===
Working groups carry out our political work.
Working groups carry out our political work. A list of current WGs is below; if you have an idea for a new one, check out: [[How to start a new working group]]


* [[Eco-Socialism Working Group]]
* [[Eco-Socialism Working Group]]
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* [[Prison Abolition Working Group]]
* [[Prison Abolition Working Group]]
* [[Socialist Feminist Working Group]]
* [[Socialist Feminist Working Group]]
* [[Tech Working Group‎‎]]


=== Committees ===
=== Committees ===
Committees help the chapter function.
Committees help the chapter function.


* [[Mobilizer Committee]]
* [[Childwatch Committee]]
* [[Communications Committee]]
* [[Elections Committee]]
* [[Direct Action/De-escalation/Security (DADS)]]
* [[Direct Action/De-escalation/Security (DADS)]]
* [[Communications Committee]]
* [[General Meeting Planning Committee]]
* [[General Meeting Planning Committee]]
* [[Childwatch Committee]]
* [[Membership Committee]]
* [[Elections Committee]]
* [[Priorities Committee]]
* [[Priorities Committee]]
* [[Tech and Infrastructure Committee]]


=== Identity Caucuses ===
=== Identity Caucuses ===


* [[Disability Caucus]]
* [[People of Color Caucus]]
* [[Queer Caucus]]
* [[Women's and Non-Binary Caucus]]
* [[Women's and Non-Binary Caucus]]
* [[People of Color Caucus]]
 
=== Political Caucuses ===
 
* [[Forward]]
* [[Libertarian Socialist Caucus]]
* [[Refoundation]]


=== Informal Groups ===
=== Informal Groups ===
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== How to contribute to this wiki ==
== How to contribute to this wiki ==


This wiki can be used to coordinate standards, increase organization transparency and share useful information. To contribute, you must:
# If you're a member of Boston DSA in good standing, '''you can [[Special:RequestAccount|request an account here]]'''. Make sure to use the email address you used to join DSA. If you're not a member of DSA, [https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ join here!]. If you can't afford dues, email membership@dsausa.org and request a hardship waiver. If you're in another DSA chapter and would like access, contact the admins at boston-dsa-wiki-admins@googlegroups.com.
 
# Abide by these rules:
# [[How to make an account|Make an account]]
## Don't write other people's personal information besides first names (and last initials; think Rosa L) and non-personal email addresses (like tech@bostondsa.org or other emails they made for this purpose). No home addresses, workplace information, last names, personal email addresses, or work email addresses without explicit consent.
# [[Wiki Security Guidelines|Read the security guidelines]]
## Don't write anything about sensitive direct actions.  
# Click edit!
## Don't write anything that might compromise coalition partners or their members, or other vulnerable people.
## Get consent when taking notes at a meeting; people may want to use an alias or go off the record.
## These rules apply to Google Docs that you link to in the wiki as well. If a Google Doc has sensitive information in it, it should not have link sharing on (so that when people click on the link, they will only see the content if they have been granted permission to see it).
# Pitch in!
## If you see something incorrect or out of date, don't hesitate to fix it.
## If you have extra information that abides by our rules, add it!
## If an edit is getting changed back and forth multiple times, there's an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring edit war], and we like no war but class war. If you see an edit war, try resolving it through communication or tell the admins at boston-dsa-wiki-admins@googlegroups.com and we will take care of it.
## If you see information that violates our rules or is clearly inappropriate, undo the edit AND tell the admins at boston-dsa-wiki-admins@googlegroups.com. As always, our [https://www.bostondsa.org/code-of-conduct/ code of conduct] applies.


[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Here] is a comprehensive guide to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages editing existing pages], adding new pages, and viewing revision history.
[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Here] is a comprehensive guide to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages editing existing pages], adding new pages, and viewing revision history.


[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Here] is a cheat sheet to formatting edits to pages.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Here] is a cheat sheet to formatting edits to pages.
[[Contribution Wish List]] - check out what people want to see or add something you want to know about!

Revision as of 02:19, 6 November 2018

About the Boston DSA Wiki[edit | edit source]

Welcome to Boston DSA's wiki! A wiki is an editable website and any member of Boston DSA can view and edit this website. It's here to serve as a reference for how our chapter works, how to organize, and how to get involved in our work. If you would like to view and contribute to this wiki, please read the How to contribute to this wiki section below.

Chapter Resources[edit | edit source]

Chapter Structure[edit | edit source]

Officers[edit | edit source]

Working Groups[edit | edit source]

Working groups carry out our political work. A list of current WGs is below; if you have an idea for a new one, check out: How to start a new working group

Committees[edit | edit source]

Committees help the chapter function.

Identity Caucuses[edit | edit source]

Political Caucuses[edit | edit source]

Informal Groups[edit | edit source]

How to contribute to this wiki[edit | edit source]

  1. If you're a member of Boston DSA in good standing, you can request an account here. Make sure to use the email address you used to join DSA. If you're not a member of DSA, join here!. If you can't afford dues, email membership@dsausa.org and request a hardship waiver. If you're in another DSA chapter and would like access, contact the admins at boston-dsa-wiki-admins@googlegroups.com.
  2. Abide by these rules:
    1. Don't write other people's personal information besides first names (and last initials; think Rosa L) and non-personal email addresses (like tech@bostondsa.org or other emails they made for this purpose). No home addresses, workplace information, last names, personal email addresses, or work email addresses without explicit consent.
    2. Don't write anything about sensitive direct actions.
    3. Don't write anything that might compromise coalition partners or their members, or other vulnerable people.
    4. Get consent when taking notes at a meeting; people may want to use an alias or go off the record.
    5. These rules apply to Google Docs that you link to in the wiki as well. If a Google Doc has sensitive information in it, it should not have link sharing on (so that when people click on the link, they will only see the content if they have been granted permission to see it).
  3. Pitch in!
    1. If you see something incorrect or out of date, don't hesitate to fix it.
    2. If you have extra information that abides by our rules, add it!
    3. If an edit is getting changed back and forth multiple times, there's an edit war, and we like no war but class war. If you see an edit war, try resolving it through communication or tell the admins at boston-dsa-wiki-admins@googlegroups.com and we will take care of it.
    4. If you see information that violates our rules or is clearly inappropriate, undo the edit AND tell the admins at boston-dsa-wiki-admins@googlegroups.com. As always, our code of conduct applies.

Here is a comprehensive guide to editing existing pages, adding new pages, and viewing revision history.

Here is a cheat sheet to formatting edits to pages.

Contribution Wish List - check out what people want to see or add something you want to know about!