https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MENA?wprov=sfla1
On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 2:59 PM Neurodivergent Netizen < idoh.idreamofhor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you tell us what MENA stands for? > > From, > I dream of horses > She/her > > > > > > On Dec 6, 2022, at 8:28 AM, Wikimedia Trust and Safety <c...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > Hello all, > > On December 6th 2022, the Foundation undertook 16 global bans to users who > were engaging in conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia projects in the > MENA region. While we are unable to discuss Foundation office actions in > detail due to legal limitations and for the safety of our communities, we > would like to speak a little more to this situation as it involves the > safety and security of all of us. > > As Wikimedia projects have risen in prominence across the world, it has > attracted increasing attention of those who would like to control the > information published on it, for political or other reasons. Community > members have addressed concerns of this sort for many years, but sometimes > volunteers who intervene in such cases may themselves face retaliation for > their actions. The Foundation does its best to support volunteers in such > cases, in order to preserve their safety. > > In January of 2022, the Foundation began an investigation into alleged > conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia projects in the MENA region. In > that investigation, we were able to confirm that a number of users with > close connections with external parties were editing the platform in a > coordinated fashion to advance the aim of those parties. These connections > are a source of serious concern for the safety of our users that go beyond > the capacity of the local language project communities targeted to > address. Due to the gravity of this situation, and in order to keep our > users and the projects safe, the Foundation issued these 16 global bans. > > Such actions can be distressing to those who know individuals involved and > to those who don’t. They can cause volunteers to mistrust each other and to > mistrust the Foundation and to be unsure if they can safely contribute. We > are unable to share more details about this situation due to the reasons > mentioned above, but we want to assure you that the Foundation will > continue to explore various ways to keep everyone safe and free to > contribute to the projects. We want to thank those community members across > the globe who address such situations every day and encourage all of you to > consider how to be safe in your volunteer activities. We recognize that as > we move forward, we will need to work with our communities to find a global > process to navigate safety challenges that allow such situations to be > dealt with as transparently as possible while also prioritising avoiding > risk to the safety of our users. > > For anyone who feels unsafe on Wikimedia projects we encourage you to use > the local community processes or to contact us for assistance. The > Foundation and the community will work together, or in parallel, to enhance > the safety of all users whenever necessary with whatever means we can. > > To contact the Trust & Safety team please email c...@wikimedia.or > <c...@wikimedia.org>g. > > Kind regards, > > WMF Office/Trust and Safety > > _______________________________________________ > 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/NJUOKYM2UTKFH53OKGIXW6OSEEDUI3AL/ > 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/SOYG4CIA6H7WMAMWGRZWT3HJXPFEFVCJ/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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