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_consul...