On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Rogol Domedonfors domedonfors@gmail.com wrote:
This code has been under discussion at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Code_of_Conduct/Draft since the summer of 2015, and is finally nearing completion. The original consensus in 2015 had been that the completed code would be submitted to the community for ratification and adoption. However, since the end of 2015 the drafting of the code has largely been in the hands of a small group of WMF staff, and they have taken it on themselves to change that consensus and stated that the code will come into effect as soon as the last section is agreed, which will be quite soon.
Do the WMF and the wider Community wish to adhere to the initial consensus, and put the draft code out to the comunity for adoption? Or will the WMF choose to enact it on their own authority irrespective of any community views on the subject?
It's not particularly clear hear, which community? The developers of
mediawiki-core? extension developers? people who attend hackathons and such? It seems all of these groups have been bombarded with calls to participate in the process over the last year and have had plenty of opportunity to be heard. That only a small group of WMF staff have decided to participate, almost entirely in their free time as volunteers and not paid employees, doesn't seem to change that.
If the code is to be voted on by the Community, what would be the appropriate venue for the vote, and where should the vote be publicised?
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