[Wikimedia-l] Re: UCoC Phase 2 Ratification Results Announcement
of the admin corps as > required would be disastrous. One of the more egregious problems present in > the UCoC text is already likely to be the subject of review following an > open letter by a user group, though many, many others remain largely > unconsidered. Local community preparatory work for dealing with possible > WMF action is ... roughly what I would expect (including the commitments to > not cooperate with UCoC efforts, or to implement them). > > This is a pretty bad situation. > > -- Yair Rand > > > > בתאריך יום ג׳, 5 באפר׳ 2022 ב-17:32 מאת Stella Ng <s...@wikimedia.org > >: > >> Hello All, >> >> We would like to thank the over 2300 Wikimedians who participated in the >> recently concluded community vote on the Enforcement Guidelines for the >> Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guidelines>. >> At this time, the volunteer scrutinizing group has completed the review >> of the accuracy of the vote and the final results are available on >> Meta-wiki. A quick summary can be found below: >> >> >>- >> >>58.6% Yes, 41.4% No >> >> >>- >> >>Contributors from 128 home wikis participated in the vote >>- >> >>Over thirty languages were supported in the ballot >> >> >> What this outcome means is that there is enough support for the Board to >> review the document. It does not mean that the Enforcement Guidelines are >> automatically complete. >> >> From here, the project team will collate and summarize the comments >> provided in the voting process, and publish them on Meta-wiki. The >> Enforcement Guidelines will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for their >> consideration. The Board will review input given during the vote, and >> examine whether there are aspects of the Guidelines that need further >> refinement. If so, these comments, and the input provided through Meta-wiki >> and other community conversations, will provide a good starting point for >> revising the Guidelines to meet the needs expressed by communities in the >> voter’s responses. >> >> In the event the Board moves forward with ratification, the UCoC project >> team will begin supporting specific proposals in the Guidelines. Some of >> these proposals include working with community members to form the U4C >> Building Committee, starting consultations on training, and supporting >> conversations on improving our reporting systems. There is still a lot to >> be done, but we will be able to move into the next phase of this work. >> >> Many people took part in making sure the policy and the enforcement >> guidelines work for our communities. We will continue to collaboratively >> work on the details of the strong proposals outlined in the Guidelines as >> presented by the Wikimedians who engaged with the project in different ways >> over the last year. >> >> Once again, we thank everyone who participated in the ratification of >> the Enforcement Guidelines. >> >> Regards, >> >> Stella Ng on behalf of the UCoC Project Team >> >> Senior Manager, Trust and Safety Policy >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/B42TE3IZNGKTEPBMORULKNDVJIXM6AC7/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/NRZTXU6LYAJ24D5U4WZKM3EXKC2WMBND/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Maggie Dennis She/her/hers Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/CYL5BQB4ZZTYRYUACQ27DQ6AMUVQ7ZPX/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: UCoC Phase 2 Ratification Results Announcement
I have been working on the UCoC about as long as anybody, if not as intensely as some. Hence, I have some confidence in saying that it is the Foundation's role to shepherd the Movement Strategy recommendation to reality in creating a baseline of behavioral standards that are movement-wide. *I* have opinions about what is and is not good conduct and how conduct can and should be reinforced, but the Code of Conduct was not written to reflect *my* opinions *or* the Foundation's - the drafting committee was a disparate group working to incorporate the feedback of volunteers and staff from all across the movement. The questions you raise strike me as very good discussion good points for the planned future policy review. Policies run into gray areas unless they are so generic as to be toothless. We will occasionally have hard conversations in application when we discover unintended or negative consequences. This is not a new challenge to the movement. I think it's one of the things Wikimedia does rather well. In terms of "in good faith" and "is malicious" - my understanding of malice from both a linguistic and legal sense is that it includes the *intent* to do harm. Beyond that, while your question "How can they be prevented from inserting erroneous material without causing them to doubt their own perceptions etc. in a way that they may well – in good faith – is malicious?" - seems to have lost a verb or two perhaps, I think what you are asking is how people can be prevented from inserting material without maliciously causing them to doubt their own perceptions: [[WP:V]] and [[WP:NPOV]] do not require malice in calling for consensus-defined reliable sources and avoiding fringe material. That said, again, this strikes me as a discussion for the future policy review, and if actual issues arise in the meantime I have no doubt discussion will happen. Best, Maggie On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 10:47 AM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Dear Maggie, > > Could I ask you for help with a couple of things: > > 1. The UCoC states that "sharing information concerning other > contributors' Wikimedia activity outside the projects" is harassment. Is it > really the WMF's intention to prohibit public discussions of controversial > editing? To give some examples, in the past English Wikipedia arbitrators > commented on cases like the Scientology case or the Indian Institute of > Planning and Management (Wifione) case in the press. Following the letter > of the UCoC, they would no longer be allowed to do so. Even articles like > https://www.cnet.com/science/features/wikipedia-is-at-war-over-the-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory/ > fall foul of the letter of the UCoC as written today, with every Wikipedian > involved in it guilty of harassment, per the UCoC. Is it really your > intention to prevent volunteers from discussing anyone's Wikipedia activity > outside the project? And if it isn't – could you help us prevail upon your > colleagues in the WMF board and the drafting committee to just fix the > sentence and have it unambiguously say what they really mean? > > 2. The UCoC states that the following is harassment: "Psychological > manipulation: Maliciously causing someone to doubt their own perceptions, > senses, or understanding with the objective to win an argument or force > someone to behave the way you want." We have, and always have had, and > always will have, users with sincerely and passionately held fringe beliefs > about matters of science, politics, religion, etc., as well as users > lacking basic compentency in the subject area or language they choose to > work in. How can they be prevented from inserting erroneous material > without causing them to doubt their own perceptions etc. in a way that they > may well – in good faith – is malicious? > > Andreas > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 2:02 PM Maggie Dennis > wrote: > >> Let me clarify a few points. >> >>- The vote was intended to surface what concerns might exist more >>broadly in the international communities, not all of whom engage in Meta >>discussions. Staff were neither asked to convince people to vote for the >>enforcement guidelines as written nor even encouraged to. They are not >> held >>to account for the speed with which the Guidelines are approved nor for >> the >>language within it. It is their job to facilitate. >>- The vote threshold is the point at which it is ready to engage >>the Board for their further directions. We expect to see issues coalescing >>in a way to help funnel attention to them to provide input >> internationally, >>in multilingual facilitated review. >>- The intention is indeed that if major issues have been identified >>in the enforc
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Open letter on negating race and ethnicity as "meaningful distinctions" in the UCoC
y%22_as_meaningful_distinctions_among_people%22 > > [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization) > > [4] > https://whoseknowledge.org/media-section/creative-commons-global-summit-2019/ > and > https://whoseknowledge.org/media-section/toward-a-wikipedia-for-and-from-us-all/ > > [5] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017#Our_strategic_direction:_Service_and_Equity > > > -- > *Anasuya Sengupta* > +44 7367 868585 > *Reimagining and redesigning the internet to be for and from us all* > http://whoseknowledge.org > *We just launched the first ever State of the Internet's Languages report > <http://internetlanguages.org>!* > > *There can be no love without justice... The moment we choose to love we > begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose > to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate > ourselves and others.* > *(bell hooks)* > > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/VMQIF6TJ46VLN6YSW5OKL6CXQ5J6BBTV/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Maggie Dennis She/her/hers Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/ZWHJBDIGSGFBXHTIAGIR3YJA2HTIDSJO/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: REMINDER: The conversation hour with Community Resilience and Sustainability is August 31
We are still going but having technical issues. So sorry On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 7:30 AM Nanour Garabedian < garabedian.nanour.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Jackie, > > Hope you are doing well. I'd like to attend today's conversaion, I'm not > sure if I'l be at the starting but I can join later. > > Thanks. > > Best, > Nanour > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 8:19 PM Jackie Koerner > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm following up on this message about the Community Resilience and >> Sustainability Conversation Hour happening in August. >> >> You are invited to the quarterly Conversation hour led by Maggie Dennis, >> Vice President of Community Resilience and Sustainability on 31 August >> at 17:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1693501212>. >> >> Maggie and others from the team will discuss Trust and Safety, the >> Universal Code of Conduct, Committee Support, and Human Rights. >> >> If you are a Wikimedian in good standing (not Foundation or community >> banned), write to let us know you will be attending the conversation and >> share your questions. More information about attending this conversation >> hour >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resilience_and_Sustainability/Conversation_Hour_August_31_2023> >> and notes from previous conversation hours can be found on Meta-wiki >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CR%26S_meetings>. >> >> Best, >> -- >> >> Jackie Koerner (she/her) Communication Specialist, Community Resilience >> and Sustainability Location: Midwestern US (UTC-5) >> >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> ___ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/MXASUVITKFLOPVYFUM52T4K5O35FL5AA/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/PDOU5X64MW4PUANAAIVH3VWYEHYW5OZQ/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Maggie Dennis She/her/hers Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/7CAU77NSU6FOQQDSLZIRAJ6OVQUXCVUG/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Osama and Ziyad
Hello, all. I’m Maggie Dennis. I’m the VP who oversees our human rights team in its work. Reiterating what the team previously said about not being able to discuss particular situations, I can disclose a little more general points about our approach as you pose, LW, and, I hope, address some of your concerns, Lodewijk. It’s devastating when community members face targeting for their dedication to supporting free knowledge. This matters a lot to me, to my team, and to all the Foundation. I know it matters to you as well. The Wikimedia Foundation does resource this important work. We have partners in this field with whom we collaborate closely. Our human rights team possesses extensive experience in addressing such issues and also maintains strong connections with NGOs specializing in these areas. We regularly engage with these organizations on both general matters and specific cases. Every situation in which a community member is targeted is unique, and we recognize the need for specialized responses and support. Volunteer well-being is our priority, and we are committed to providing the right assistance for each case. While we believe in the importance of public discourse and transparency, safety always takes precedence. In some instances, the Foundation has found it appropriate to speak publicly to address these challenges and have done so. In others, we may be advised to handle matters differently. In terms of some Wikimedians who might have concerns whether our strategy is the right one, I fully respect that there must be. Because each case is different and frequently these situations are highly complex, we know that even different expert organizations might rank the risk and the right response of a specific situation differently. We have sometimes sought multiple opinions on a case. At the end of the day, we collaborate closely with relevant groups on our response to ensure the safety and well-being of individuals affected and the broader community members who could be impacted. We do the best we can to uphold the principles of free knowledge while prioritizing safety for everyone. While I can’t discuss specific cases, I am always happy to talk about general matters of policy and approach in my quarterly community conversations. We will also answer questions to the extent that we believe we safely can that are posed about the team’s work to talktohumanrig...@wikimedia.org. Depending on the case,the human rights team may provide ways to help or avenues to connect with organizations who are supporting. They may also be able to advise when silence is regarded as the best response. (There are some risks to being too open about who we work with and how we work that we need to consider every time.) People can read more generally about the human rights team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Team> here. While this is not my area of focus in my role at the Foundation, I also want to generally call out that the Foundation also conducts human rights advocacy routinely in regards to legislation. Our Global Advocacy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Advocacy> team not only meets with legislators around the world to fight for the rights that keep free knowledge free, but also considers and guides our work by providing proactive human rights assessments and policy development, such as the Human Rights Policy <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Human_Rights_Policy>. Best regards, Maggie On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 3:14 AM Lauren Worden wrote: > Dear WMF Human Rights Team: > > I would like some clarification on your statement below. In > particular, does your stated approach allow you to follow the best > practices described at > https://freedomhouse.org/2023/summit-for-democracy-political-prisoners > to, e.g., "meet regularly with family members of political prisoners, > advocacy groups, and media outlets and journalists, in public and in > private, in their efforts to secure an individual’s release"? > > The literature review at > https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17277 states: > "The theoretical and empirical literature attributes several potential > roles to civil society in [security sector and justice reform]. These > include making security and justice institutions accountable, > mobilising a range of social groups for reform, publicising abuses and > advocating for reform, offering technical expertise, and improving > security-citizen relations." > > If the Foundation staff has prohibited itself from engaging with the > public on freeing jailed wikipedians, orchestrating letter writing > campaigns, or coordinating with other NGOs and government agencies, > such as those Andreas has described as having no record of the > imprisoned Arabic Wikipedia administrators, then I would hope that the > CEO or Trustees would step in immediately to rec
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Save the date: Conversation hour with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability on June 2
Hi, everybody. :) I am the aforementioned Maggie Dennis, fresh back from vacation and quite lost at the moment but looking forward to catching up. I understand some questions have been pre-submitted, but I wanted to just remind you in case you have more that I do my best to answer questions related to the functions that I oversee, including Movement Strategy & Governance, Human Rights protection, Trust & Safety Policy, Trust & Safety Operations, and Community Development. There are a few standard limitations: - I can't and won't discuss specific Trust & Safety cases. Instead, I can discuss Trust & Safety protocols and practices and approaches as well as some of the mistakes we've made, some of the things I'm proud of, and some of the things we're hoping to do. - I will not respond to comments or questions that are disrespectful to me, to my colleagues, or to anyone in our communities. I can talk civilly about our work even if you disagree with me or I disagree with you. I won't compromise on this. Somebody asked me a question about attending the Zoom link and whether or not their attendance would be visible in the YouTube live stream. I'm told that if your camera is off and you do not speak, only people in the Zoom call will be aware. If anybody knows I'm wrong about that, please say so! I hope to see some of you on Thursday. :) Best, Maggie On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 2:20 PM Cornelius Kibelka < ckibelka-...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > And in case you want to set a reminder on Youtube to watch the > conversation hour live on June 2, here's the Youtube link: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-jF0EZB_nU > > Cheers > Cornelius > > On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 1:22 PM Cornelius Kibelka < > ckibelka-...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hah!, thanks to those pointing out that the Meta link was wrong. Indeed, >> here's the correct one: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2022-06-02 >> >> Happy weekend, >> Cornelius >> >> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 3:43 PM Cornelius Kibelka < >> ckibelka-...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Sending out a save the date: On *June 2 at 17:00 UTC* (check your local >>> time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1648134035>), the Community >>> Resilience & Sustainability >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resilience_and_Sustainability> >>> team at the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting a new conversation hour with >>> its Vice President Maggie Dennis >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mdennis_(WMF)>. >>> >>> Topics within the scope of this call include Movement Strategy >>> coordination, Trust and Safety (and the Universal Code of Conduct), >>> Community Development, and Human Rights. >>> >>> The conversation hour will take place on Zoom and will be live-streamed >>> on Youtube (link to be shared soon). Send us your questions in advance >>> or join the call to talk with Maggie. More details on Meta >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2022-03-24> >>> . >>> >>> Cheers >>> Cornelius >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Cornelius Kibelka (he/him) >>> >>> Event Coordinator >>> >>> Movement Strategy + Governance >>> >>> 2030.wikimedia.org >>> >>> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>> >>> *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >>> the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. >>> <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* >>> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Cornelius Kibelka (he/him) >> >> Event Coordinator >> >> Movement Strategy + Governance >> >> 2030.wikimedia.org >> >> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> >> *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >> the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. >> <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* >> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> > > > -- > > Cornelius Kibelka (he/him) > > Event Coordinator > > Movement Strategy + Governance > > 2030.wikimedia.org > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. > <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > ___ >
[Wikimedia-l] A thought on community global bans, inspired by a WMF office action
Hello all, My name is Maggie Dennis, and I am the Vice President of the Community Resilience and Sustainability group at the Wikimedia Foundation. Among the teams I oversee is the Trust & Safety <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety> unit. This team ensures that our projects are compliant with applicable law and also explores ways of keeping the Wikimedia community safe and works to minimize exposure to harm for volunteer and reader communities. I’m reaching out today to discuss a potential gap in volunteer community policy that my teams observed while evaluating and acting on a Trust & Safety investigation. We wanted to bring this up in case volunteer community members would like to consider if this is indeed a concern that you wish to address. Before getting to that, let me give you a little context on the case. As many of you know, we are not usually able to talk about office actions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_actions> due to legal limitations. However, I am able to speak a little more to this situation since the majority of the information around this case is already public. Today, the Foundation issued four global bans and three conduct warnings following an investigation into the activities of individuals found to be linked to the “WikiZédia” network. Based on our investigation, we concluded that this network attempted to use Wikimedia platforms for a targeted disinformation campaign engineered to influence the outcome of a national election. The banned users’ actions, which took place over an eight-month period until their community-backed blocks in February 2022, violated several of our Terms of Use, which resulted in the Foundation’s office action. Many of our projects have excellent policies and systems in place to handle such situations. Certainly French Wikipedia was on top of this. We greatly admire and appreciate the leadership of community members in identifying and confronting this situation locally. Wikimedians who work directly with content are often the first to see evidence of such campaigns, and there are many volunteers with much experience in identifying problem behaviours and stopping them. By the time Trust & Safety was asked to investigate by some of those volunteers, much of the work on the local level had already been done. However, one of the questions Trust & Safety asks itself in any case investigation (disinformation or behavioral) is whether appropriate community options exist that meet the needs of the movement and community members across it. In this case, we wondered if the current community processes support cases where individuals are behaving in ways that suggest they will never be good faith contributors on any project. To go more into depth on what I mean: It is not uncommon for users who create problems on one project to move to another, and for some communities it is even regarded as a potential path to rehabilitation. Community applied global bans are, under the existing policy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_bans>, “exclusively applied where multiple independent communities have previously elected to ban a user for a pattern of abuse.” (emphasis in original) If an individual is here as part of a concerted group effort to undermine our very mission, should it be easier for community members to assess global banning before they carry that behavior from one project to another? Foundation policies do permit banning individuals for behavior on one project and sometimes require it, especially where Terms of Use violations are egregious and threats of or acts of violence are involved. This is a gap where we can step in. Our goal is to support communities where we are needed and where we can. However, we wanted to call out the question of whether community global bans should be allowed in cases where the behavior is severe but limited to one project, in case volunteer community members thought it worth discussing the existing community ban policy. Especially in cases of disinformation , these are not always the kinds of situations governed by our Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC), which speaks to the way users treat each other but not the content. If there is a desire for the Foundation to support a conversation about making such a change to community global ban policy, I hope we would be able to do so in the near future, as our Trust & Safety Policy team is dedicated to supporting the evolution of community policy as well as Foundation policy. However, I’m not suggesting that the Foundation needs to be involved at all. Trust & Safety Policy is a small team, currently very busy with the UCoC, and if they are not needed, there is no reason that this conversation can’t happen spontaneously. We will support if needed, but really just wanted to bring this question up for your consideration. In this case, again, we do want to thank the French Wikipedia contributors who protected th
[Wikimedia-l] Foundation support of election committee [was: Re: Join the new Movement Strategy Forum community review]
Hi, Risker. Thanks for bringing this up. :) Pulling it out to separate it from the other topic. You asked for clarification on the role of staff in this election related to the role of the EC. The Elections Committee and the Board Selection Task Force have been involved in all parts of the election planning and implementation process. They are the decision-makers. The Movement Strategy and Governance team are supporting them for communication pieces and administrative processes (setting up SecurePoll, organizing meetings, publishing on Meta-wiki). We offer similar support to several other committees–volunteer time is precious, and elections can be a big demand on time. I wonder if it would help if staff signed off with “on behalf of” to clarify when they are a conduit versus when they are acting as leads on work; happy to explore that. Best regards, Maggie On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 12:42 AM Risker wrote: > Just to change the subject for a short minute: > > This is a Board of Trustees election. It is supposed to be managed by the > Elections > Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee>, > a Board-appointed committee of community members. Their mandate was > reviewed and updated within the past month by Board resolution. (Yes, I > know this used to be the "affiliate-selected" round, but now that it is an > election, things have changed.) > > Is there a reason why every single communication I have seen about this > election has been authored by staff members, none of whom are listed as > staff support for the committee? Did the Elections Committee carry out a > consultation with the community to make this significant change in the > manner in which candidate questions will be handled, as is indicated by > their charter? > > There's a reason why these elections have never been managed by WMF staff > - I think anyone could see the conflict of interest if they were to do so - > and the Elections Committee or a committee selected by affiliates has > handled these matters to date. I'd like to know why this does not seem to > be the case in this election. > > You may now wish to return to your previous discussions about where to > talk about this election. Please excuse my interruption. /s > > Risker/Anne > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/37GVGTPROHJ5WLDTXB3IIZK4F4O5F6UQ/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Maggie Dennis She/her/hers Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/KFDCFSVTHLAZURFJU3WB5DOWDN2UA42Y/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Next steps: Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) and UCoC Enforcement Guidelines
>>>> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Congressional_staffer_edits >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 5:09 PM Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight < >>>> rstephen...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The Community Affairs Committee of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of >>>> Trustees would like to thank everyone who participated in the recently >>>> concluded community vote on the Enforcement Guidelines for the >>>> Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guidelines>. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The volunteer scrutinizing group has completed the review of the >>>> accuracy of the vote and has reported the total number of votes received as >>>> 2,283. Out of the 2,283 votes received, 1,338 (58.6%) community members >>>> voted for the enforcement guidelines, and a total of 945 (41.4%) community >>>> members voted against it. In addition, 658 participants left comments, with >>>> 77% of the comments written in English. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> We recognize and appreciate the passion and commitment that community >>>> members have demonstrated in creating a safe and welcoming culture. >>>> Wikimedia community culture stops hostile and toxic behavior, supports >>>> people targeted by such behavior, and encourages good faith people to be >>>> productive on the Wikimedia projects. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Even at this incomplete stage, this is evident in the comments >>>> received. The Enforcement Guidelines did reach a threshold of support >>>> necessary for the Board to review. However, we encouraged voters, >>>> regardless of how they were voting, to provide feedback on the elements of >>>> the enforcement guidelines. We asked the voters to inform us what changes >>>> were needed and in case it was prudent to launch a further round of edits >>>> that would address community concerns. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Foundation staff who have been reviewing comments have advised us of the >>>> emerging themes. As a result, as Community Affairs Committee, we have >>>> decided to ask the Foundation to reconvene the Drafting Committee. The >>>> Drafting Committee will undertake another community engagement to refine >>>> the enforcement guidelines based on the community feedback received from >>>> the recently concluded vote. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> For clarity, this feedback has been clustered into four sections as >>>> follows: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 1.To identify the type, purpose, and applicability of the UCoC >>>> training; >>>> >>>> 2.To simplify the language for more accessible translation and >>>> comprehension by non-experts; >>>> >>>> 3.To explore the concept of affirmation, including its pros and >>>> cons; >>>> >>>> 4.To review the conflicting roles of privacy/victim protection and >>>> the right to be heard. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Other issues may emerge during conversations, particularly as the draft >>>> Enforcement Guidelines evolve, but we see these as the primary areas of >>>> concern for voters. Therefore, we are asking staff to facilitate a review >>>> of these issues. Then, after the further engagement, the Foundation should >>>> re-run the community vote to evaluate the redrafted Enforcement Outline to >>>> see if the new document is ready for its official ratification. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Further, we are aware of the concerns with note 3.1 in the Universal >>>> Code of Conduct Policy. Therefore, we are directing the Foundation to >>>> review this part of the Code to ensure that the Policy meets its intended >>>> purposes of supporting a safe and inclusive community without waiting for >>>> the planned review of the entire Policy at the end of the year. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Again, we thank all who participated in the vote and discussion, >>>> thinking about these complex challenges and contributing to better >>>> approaches to working together well across the movement. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Rosie >>>> >>>> *Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight *(she/her) >>>> >>>> Acting Chair, Community Affairs Committee >>>> >>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Board of >>>> Trustees >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>>> >>>> ___ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >>>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>>> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> Public archives at >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/JAYQN3NYKCHQHONMUONYTI6WRKZFQNSC/ >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> >>>> ___ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >>>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>>> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> Public archives at >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/FT4YMOEEOH5TNUPNRKNFQH2WLVDCRNPS/ >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> >>>> ___ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >>>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>>> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> Public archives at >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/5CV2KU3G6UAKTJPCDFQG6HFTMYO2US7R/ >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=emailclient> >>>> >>>> Virus-free. www.avg.com >>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=emailclient> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ___ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >>>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>>> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> Public archives at >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/IYYTUDUONEWTUBNTMLPCQDJ4P6INGN2Y/ >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> >>>> ___ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >>>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>>> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> Public archives at >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/P5E5HYLKA7NOEE3KARPE5OQJQRJDAWMP/ >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> >>> ___ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >>> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>> Public archives at >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/A2C3WMZ3WBBNZENLNN2QJ3M7342BSVNN/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/WJK4FQGNMF6WLT5T55NI7BEOZXWUENL2/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/BOMBBAULT65WI4SJSEZP4SBZ7ZX2NHKU/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Maggie Dennis She/her/hers Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/ZTUK5IQ57CJSLQA5UOMNSOIIOE2GPKMZ/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Save the date: Conversation hour with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability on August 18
Hello, all. :) I'm Maggie Dennis, the Foundation's Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability. I wanted to remind you that this event is in three days, in case you aren't exhausted after an amazing Wikimania and want to connect with me. Any Wikimedian in good standing (that is, not Foundation or community banned) is welcome to attend or submit questions. Given everything else going on, I won't be surprised if it's a rather low-key conversation. :D - I can't and won't discuss specific Trust & Safety cases. Instead, I can discuss Trust & Safety protocols and practices and approaches as well as some of the mistakes we've made, some of the things I'm proud of, and some of the things we're hoping to do. - I will not respond to comments or questions that are disrespectful to me, to my colleagues, or to anyone in our communities. I can talk civilly about our work even if you disagree with me or I disagree with you. I won't compromise on this. Oh! The YouTube link is also available now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWaOztj_S1k Hope to see some of you there! Best, Maggie On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 11:23 PM Cornelius Kibelka < ckibelka-...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Sending out a save the date: On *August 18 at 13:00 UTC* (check your > local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1660827657>), the Community > Resilience & Sustainability > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resilience_and_Sustainability> > team at the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting a new conversation hour with > its Vice President Maggie Dennis > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mdennis_(WMF)>. > > Topics within the scope of this call include Movement Strategy > coordination, Trust and Safety (and the Universal Code of Conduct), > Community Development, and Human Rights. > > The conversation hour will take place on Zoom and will be live-streamed on > Youtube (link to be shared soon). Send us your questions in advance or > join the call to talk with Maggie. More details on Meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2022-08-18> > . > > Cheers > Cornelius > > -- > > Cornelius Kibelka (he/him) > > Event Coordinator > > Movement Strategy + Governance > > 2030.wikimedia.org > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. > <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SM7CQ23INDE2YPIWJOGN4SOHZDQTB3CZ/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Maggie Dennis She/her/hers Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/FTW32QQC7CQE4235MAEVOHAGO3RKOBML/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
