Universal Code of Conduct/Discussions/Ukrainian WikiConference
On October 2, 2021, a team of MSG facilitators met with the Ukrainian community during the Ukrainian WikiConference. At the conference, facilitators discussed and answered community questions about the Universal Code of Conduct and EDGR.
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[edit]- Q: There was a question about whether or not there was a facilitator specifically for the Ukrainian community for UCoC.
- A: Unfortunately, there was no such facilitator, and at the moment there is no such facilitator.
- Q: How UCoC will affect me as an administrator.
- A: In large Wikimedia projects such as Russian, Polish, English, etc. have developed their own local codes of conduct that work well and the community adheres to them. Administrators and other functionaries can continue to adhere to them, as the UCoC itself was developed based on such local rules. So, there will be no big changes here, although the community itself can make adjustments to these rules based on UCoC. Small communities where there are no such rules and guidelines can develop their own local rules referring to the UCoC. Administrators and other functionaries of these projects must adhere to the UCoC.
- Q: There is a clause in EDGR where it's written that admins and other functionaries with extended rights will have to declare their respect and commitment to UCoC. Does this apply to all admins of all language wikis?
- A: UCoC covers all Wikimedia projects and spaces, both online and offline, and this means that this applies to all users with both extended rights and anyone.
- Q: In what form should the functionaries declare that they are committed to the UCoC and will comply with it. If it's in writing and if some don't want to disclose their identity, will their rights be taken away from them?
- A: So far, there are discussions about this and there are no specific decisions on this.
- Q: Where will T&S be in this new structure with all these new committees?
- A: Prior to this, all important issues related to behavior and safety were considered by T&S, but now there will be new structures for this. T&S had a limited human resource to deal with all issues in a timely manner, which led to long delays, but new committees will fix this problem. T&S will also work closely with all committees and will functionally assist all of them.