Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Cases

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Under the U4C Charter and enforcement guidelines, the U4C is an enforcement structure dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCOC). Most UCOC enforcement happens through local processes, or is handled by stewards and global sysops for cross-wiki violations. The U4C thus only handles specific types of cases:

Cross-wiki violations of the UCOC, with a clearly stated reason why stewards or global sysops could not handle the alleged violation.
Appeals of enforcement actions taken by local administrators or other users related to potential violations of the UCOC. Please note that if another high-level decision-making body exists for a project, such as an Arbitration Committee, then appeals of enforcement actions should instead be directed toward that body.
Referral of off-wiki alleged violations of the UCOC, such as those at edit-a-thons or other in-person events.
Allegations of a systemic failure to apply the UCOC on a specific project or cross-wiki.

File a case request

To file a case with the U4C, please carefully read the instructions below, then use the input box at the bottom of this section to start a case request and complete the preloaded content.

Privacy

All off-wiki referrals and any on-wiki cases with privacy implications should be emailed privately to the U4C, who will then decide whether the case should be publicly or privately considered. If you have any questions or concerns about whether a case should be private, please feel free to contact the U4C via email: u4c wikimedia.org . The U4C can also accept cases referred to it, relating to alleged off-wiki violations of the UCOC. In these cases, if you are an event organizer or other person responsible for UCOC enforcement in an off-wiki space and you wish to refer a case to the U4C, please contact us privately by email and provide the necessary case information. Depending on the specific circumstances, the U4C may decide to make the case public, but will generally avoid making public any cases that could infringe on the privacy of any of the parties involved. Any on-wiki cases with privacy implicates can also be emailed to the U4C, instead of using the public process below - however please note that by default, cases should be publicly reported.

Before submitting a request

Before submitting a request, please consider if all other locally existing methods of reporting of the violation have been tried. Depending on the case, other solutions include:

Informing involved user(s) on their discussion page
Discussion of the case on other pages
Contacting local administrators individually or on a noticeboard page
Local request for comments (RfC) procedures or administrative action review/revision pages

The U4C will not take cases that do not primarily involve violations of the UCoC, or its enforcement. The U4C also does not deal with article content-related issues, but with user behaviour and conduct.

How to fill in the form

In the case description it should be clearly expressed which type of case this request relates to:

appeal of an enforcement action under the UCOC
cross-wiki UCOC violation
systemic failure to enforce the UCOC.

Referrals of off-wiki UCOC violations should be privately emailed to the U4C.

The person filing the request (and each of the involved parties) should describe the problem from their point of view in their own section. All writing should be complete, but also as concise as possible. Also, describe which part of the UCoC was violated. You may use your native language and the U4C will translate to English.

Other rules:

Each party should add comments and replies in their own section or in the discussion section.
Contributions from non-parties will either be removed, moved to the "Other feedback" section or the editor will be included in the list of parties.
Contributions that do not help clarify the matter can be removed.
All accusations and claims must be supported with diffs/links.

Before submitting the request following points should be checked:

Is the description clear?
Are all accusations and allegations backed up with links?
Are all previous attempts at a solution named and linked?
Have all involved parties been named?
Is there an explanation of the hoped outcome from the process?

Notification: Once a case request is filed, the initiator should notify all involved parties in the project where the issue started using the notifications provided at Template:U4C case notification. Also, please enter a link to the page here.

Timeline

After case requests are filed, the U4C members have 2 weeks to vote on accepting or declining a case. A case is accepted if the U4C has voted to accept with the support of at least five members and more than 50 % of the members. Also, the U4C will conduct fact-finding or mediation as required, and may also suggest and accept motions related to the case. A motion is decided by the support of at least five members and more than 50 % of the members during a 2 week voting period. Voting periods may be shortened or prolonged by decision of the U4C.

Name and fill out request form

Case requests

Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Cases/Sysop abuse in Swahili Wikipedia

(filed on Nov 4, 2024, 14 days acceptance period)

Active cases

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