Hello all,
We'd like to provide an update on the work on the Enforcement Guidelines
for the Universal Code of Conduct. After the conclusion of the community
vote on the guidelines in March, the Community Affairs committee (CAC)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Affairs_Committee> of the
Board asked
that several areas of the guidelines be reviewed for improvements
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/JAYQN3NYKCHQHONMUONYTI6WRKZFQNSC/>before
the Board does its final review. These areas were identified based on
community discussions and comments provided during the vote. The CAC also
requested review of the controversial Note in 3.1 of the UCoC itself.
Once more, a big thank you to all who voted, especially to all who left
constructive feedback and comments! The project team is working with the
Board to establish a timeline for this work, and will communicate this next
month.
Members of the two prior UCoC Drafting Committees
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee>
have
generously offered their time to help shape improvements to the Guidelines.
You can read more about them and their work here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Revisions_Committee>,
as well as read summaries of their weekly meetings in 2022
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee/Phase_2_meeting_summaries#2022>
.
Wikimedians have provided many valuable comments together with the vote and
in other conversations. Given the size and diversity of the Wikimedia
community, there are even more voices out there who can give ideas on how
to improve the enforcement guidelines and add even more valuable ideas to
the process. To help the Revisions committee identify improvements, input
on several questions for the committee’s review is requested. Visit the
Meta-wiki pages (Enforcement Guidelines revision discussions
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guidelines/Revision_discussions>
, Policy text revision discussions
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Policy_text/Revision_discussions>)
to get your ideas to the Committee - it is very important that viewpoints
are heard from different communities before the Committee begins drafting
revision proposals.
On behalf of the UCoC project team,
Stella Ng