Translations:Universal Code of Conduct/Initial 2020 Consultations/Swahili/6/en

Fig. 01: Different methodologies used to reach the Swahili language community during UCoC

Most of the Swahili speaking community members are active on the community’s social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook pages. During the community consultation process on the universal code of conduct, a general information link to Swahili discussion page was shared to the WhatsApp group where UCoC discussion was initiated to allow the community members to ask questions for any concern they had in mind concerning the UCoC. Due to the fact that not all Swahili Wikipedia contributors were in the WhatsApp group, some members suggested that the discussion should be shifted into Swahili discussion page where many people can have access to providing their opinions. Therefore the UCoC discussion was transferred into Swahili UCoC discussion page as per some of the members’ advice, it was noted that the response wasn’t satisfactory as few people were able to write their opinions publicly and supposedly it added some complexity for them to ask instant questions for unclear concerns on UCoC before providing their feedback. After that, another new strategy was deployed which was sharing a survey form containing some key questions that aimed to guide the community members to give their feedback, again the response rate was not very satisfactory, only a few people participated.