Hello everybody! As you might probably know, Wikimedia Foundation is
currently conducting a movement-wide consultation about the new
Wikimedia movement’s Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC).[1]
== What is the Universal Code of Conduct? ==
The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) is an attempt at drawing a basic
level of norms and behaviours that everyone is expected to follow,
regardless of their background, their level of commitment or way in
which such commitment is expressed (i.e. online or offline).
As you will see, it is a collection of *very* basic principles about
how to behave in a collaborative environment, most of which our
community already implements and shares as a value. It is, though, an
important attempt at strengthening our mutual commitment to protect
those users who might suffer from harassment, abuse or threatening
behaviours, because of their involvement on the projects.
== What is the Wikimedia Foundation asking us to do? ==
These days, a movement-wide consultation is being carried on by
various facilitators (like me), in order to ask for and collect
relevant feedback from all Wikimedia communities. The consultation is
scheduled to go on until the end of February 2021.
In particular, we will ask you – through general posts like this or
personal requests – your inputs on possible enforcement pathways for
UCoC, your overall experience on the projects, and your point of view
about how to improve and/or revise the current draft, as well as the
current project’s guidelines. As your facilitator, I assure that it
will be my responsibility to make sure that your voice will be heard.
Please remember that there is no such thing as a "stupid opinion" or
"worthless idea", so be bold and feel free to express yourself. :)
== What can I do? ==
Right now, the discussion about implementation of the UCoC is about to
really start. There are a lot of aspects to discuss, so I posted the
first three questions about how to potentially enforce the UCoC on our
project(s), namely:
1) What are the best paths for delicate issues?
2) How do we create better reporting pathways for people who are
targets of harassment?
3) How do we deal with incidents that take place beyond the Wikimedia
projects, but are directly related to them?
You don't strictly need to answer them here, but you can discuss them
on the proper Wikidata page I set up for that.[2]
Anyway, if you wish to answer them here or you feel more comfortable
writing me an e-mail in private, please do so, I'll take note of your
answers anyway. :) Same goes with clarifications and doubts. I *had*
to remove the explanations for brevity's sake, but you'll find them
anyway on the Wikidata page.
So... hope to read you soon!
Luca Martinelli [Sannita]
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Sannita_(WMF)
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct
[2]
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Universal_Code_of_Conduct_consu…