Wikidata:Wiki Mentor Africa/Mentor's Room
Mentorship is an arrangement in which one user assists another user, the Mentee (protégé). Depending on the nature of the mentorship agreement, the mentor may give the Mentee advice on more effective editing/contributing habits and help the Mentee resolve disputes. The purpose of these Mentorship is to help African users adjust to Wikidata site processes and standards.
Becoming a Mentor[edit]
Mentorship is a very serious undertaking. And as such, to sign up to be a Mentor: you must ensure that you meet the criteria to the right. If you meet the criteria, then proceed by ;
- adding your details to the list of Mentors.
- ensuring you check your talk page often to see potential mentees.
Mentors may terminate the relationship if it proves ineffective and (in extreme cases) endorse dispute resolution or other proceedings regarding a former Mentee, although mentors may also speak up for a protégé(Mentee) who is making good progress or smooth over difficult situations that might otherwise end in administrative intervention.
Criteria[edit]
The following guidelines have been drawn up:
- Mentors must be an active Wikidata tool or any of the wiki tool contributor.
- Mentors should have sufficient experience before they start mentoring.
- Mentors must be willing to take in Africans as Mentees.
- Mentors should only take on as many Mentees as they can practically cope with.
- Mentors must be available often to help their Mentees.
- Mentors should be willing to ask questions or refer the Mentees to other mentors if need be.
Responsibility of A Mentor[edit]
Mentors should keep in mind their great responsibility. They should get to know and advise their Mentee, yet also be careful to avoid doing their Mentee and Wikimedia movement a disservice by losing sight of their responsibility to the Wikimedia movement. A mentor is both an advisor and a supervisor and the Mentee is the subordinate.