Hello,
A few days ago the Wikimedia affiliate I belong to was officially informed,
by a WMF source, that I'm being subject to a until now unknown sanction,
with an accusation from AffCom I can only describe as baseless and
fraudulent, relating to a a situation between two affiliates, dealt with by
AffCom more than one year ago, of which I was never part of, occurred more
than one year ago. I was never informed of this.
This is not the first time AffCom engages in this sort of appalling
behavior. As far as I know, WMPT is still waiting for the accusations made
by AffCom last year, which led to its suspension, to be substantiated.
AffCom never substantiated anything related to that, with the excuse of a
need for secrecy.
How, I ask you all as members of the Movement, how come the Wikimedia
Movement allowed for such a secretive, arbitrary, apparently unchecked and
very much powerful institution to grow and thrive like this in its middle,
overseeing and effectively controlling the relation of all of us (both
affiliates and individuals) and the WMF?
More important than that, what can be done about this? Where one can appeal
to, when presented with such fraudulent, baseless, secretive,
unsubstantiated accusations by a body which was supposed to be above all
suspicion?
Can an internal inquiry be demanded somewhere at the Wikimedia Foundation
over the activities and decisions of AffCom, in the same way we do with
suspicious activity by checkusers and supervisors, with the Ombudsman
Commission?
Looking forward for any help and insight on this,
Paulo - DarwIn
Wikimedia Portugal
