Translations:Universal Code of Conduct/Initial 2020 Consultations/Malayalam/23/en

Some of the people I spoke with said sexual harassment is limited in a small Wikipedia community. However, I did speak to some community members (men and women) who confided in me that harassment did happen. One woman shared how she gets messages from other fellow Wikipedia editors on off-wiki platforms, especially social media channels late at night. Women don’t even tell others if they faced harassment because those sometimes come from people who are known to them. They confide in their partners if they are supportive.

Malayalam - Community Feedback

There has been an instance where women have been denied the position of admin because of their anonymity, coupled with suspicion around their very high edit count and a view that the woman user did not know enough about the working policies of Wikipedia to become an admin. Members have observed that the denial of this position resulted in the reduction of this woman's involvement in the project.