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About certification edit
"Certification" is the phase of the Right to Information process in which multiple individuals and organizations in the Wikimedia community document their endorsement for an information request.
Anyone can edit the wiki, and anyone can make a request. However, answering requests is costly in terms of time, money, labor, and organization. The certification process demonstrates that a group of people have discussed a request, and thought about the cost to answer it, and are making it after community deliberation on its usefulness.
Standards for certification edit
As of October 2019, for a proposal to be certified it must have the endorsement of any Wikimedia movement affiliate. These are the registered, monitored, Wikimedia community organizations which the Wikimedia community has recognized to speak on behalf of their communities. Getting the endorsement of a Wikimedia movement affiliate is an indication that a group of Wikimedia community members in good standing have deliberated in the context and culture of a Wikimedia community organization in good standing to make the request.
The standard for certification for a particular request can change with negotiation. For example, the Wikimedia community may decide that to make a costly and complicated request, getting more endorsements from a more diverse community base is useful as a requirement for certification.
These rules are guidelines. Respect the Wikimedia community, the Wikimedia discourse, the openness and transparency, and do what makes sense.