Hi Paulo,
You said you got your information from a WMF source. Right? Is there no possibility for you to ask the same WMF source who to direct this question to? Have you tried to ask AffCom, WMF SuSa or the community engagement team?
In any case, I wish you all the best.
Isaac
On Mon, May 6, 2019, 10:20 AM Benjamin Ikuta <benjaminikuta@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not familiar with this specific situation, but I agree that more transparency and accountability would be good.
On May 6, 2019, at 12:40 AM, Paulo Santos Perneta paulosperneta@gmail.com wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
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