Hmm. It seems to me that having WMF create a policy for conduct that it imposes on non-WMF wikis would effectively be an office action https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_actions, and the policy for office actions doesn't seem to contemplate them being expanded in to general moderation of Wikimedia sites. I don't know what Board resolutions would allow for WMF to impose a policy like this on its own; it seems to me that the correct routes to take are (1) a Board resolution, which is probably more appropriate for a ToS amendment that I hope will come after community consultation, or (2) a community RfC that creates community policy. If there is another way that staff is authorized to create policies that govern volunteer-created content, I'm not aware of it. Perhaps the Board should consider creating one.
Pine
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Kirill Lokshin kirill.lokshin@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
- Will the friendly-space "expectations" (policy?) for grants spaces on
Meta be proposed as an RfC on Meta? The documentation on the rollout plan doesn't mention and RfC. My understanding is that the right way to implement a policy change like this on Meta is for it to go through an
open
and transparent RfC process, and that the implementation decision is ultimately the community's to make. The experience would inform further discussions about (1) a project-wide friendly space policy on Meta, and
(2)
a wider consultation on a friendly space amendment to the ToS that the
WMF
Board may eventually ratify.
I don't see any reason why an RFC would be required (or appropriate) here. The grantmaking process is a WMF function, and the associated pages on meta are managed by the WMF grantmaking team; they are free to impose requirements (such as compliance with a friendly space standard) on anyone participating in that process (whether as an applicant or as a commenter or reviewer).
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