NahidSultan (WMF)

How can He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named work for the Foundation??

Have they finally admitted to being an evil organization? – Ajraddatz (talk) 04:54, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Nope. It's simply that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named will be exploring the other side for a few months :-) – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 09:06, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Malk asahbi katmhi lina libi Hassan cha9lo (talk) 15:53, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

শুভ কামনা

জনাব, আমার পক্ষ থেকে বসন্তের শুভ-কামনা গ্রহণ করুন। আশা করি আপনি এই নতুন দায়িত্ব সুচারুরূপে পালন করতে সমর্থ হবেন এবং উইকিমিডিয়ার উচ্চাভিলাষী আয়োজনকে নতুন মাত্রায় উন্নীত করবেন। ভাল থাকুন। Tanweer (talk) 05:53, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

আপনাকে ধন্যবাদ। দায়িত্বটি সফলভাবে পালন করতে আপনাদেরও সাহায্য লাগবে, আশাকরি সাথেই থাকবেন। – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 10:02, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Translation Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/Summary 29th March to 7th April

Thanks for the translation of Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/Summary 29th March to 7th April. I wanted to warn you that was also added the summary related to Chinese Wikipedia so no need for this paragraph to be translated in your own language so that it can be can be understood easily by users who do not fully understand English. Particularly in view of the second round which will begin on May 1. For this reason it is used to translate the Chinese wikipedia paragraph as soon as possible. Thanks for your attention and excuse the bother --Samuele2002 (Talk!) 22:22, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Done – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 17:30, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

"suitable for sister projects"?

Hello. I read the summarization of Theme "A" - Healthy, inclusive communities (Meta). I wonder about this passage: "suitable for sister projects." Would it contrast what this says: "This theme is more suitable to Wikipedia as the sister projects are not as impactful as Wikipedia, Commons, and Meta-Wiki"? Thanks. --George Ho (talk) 00:32, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Hey @George Ho:, Thanks for the tip. You're right, I've corrected it. – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 20:07, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

"Non-free CC license"?

Hello again. I must have inadequately mentioned "NFCC" without explaining what it actually stands for. Therefore, I saw "non-free CC license" at Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/Cycle 2/Summary/June 4 to 11#A truly global movement - C. I notified the person, who soon corrected the mistake. I also made note for clarification. May you also please amend last week's summary to fix the error? Thanks. --George Ho (talk) 21:38, 12 June 2017 (UTC); amended, 23:07, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Also, "collaborate more with experts" entry from Theme A is entry #74, not #75. --George Ho (talk) 23:07, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for the clarifications. It's now fixed. Best, – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 08:47, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thanks for fixing one part. What about the link to entry #74 of Meta source? May you or I please fix that? --George Ho (talk) 15:40, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Oh, Thanks. Fixed.--– NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 01:42, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations, Nahid! I wish you all the best for your current work at the Wikimedia Foundation as a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Trust and Safety. I hope you will be able to fulfill your responsibilities with honesty and dedication. Congratulations once again. Best of luck! Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 14:03, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Jony! – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 08:51, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Account renamed

Hello,

Could you please apply this account rename here ?

Thank you in advance

Best,

--NoFWDaddress^(d) 08:41, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 08:51, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

That was quick! Thank you again. NoFWDaddress^(d) 08:53, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct/Draft review/Inviation

Hi. There's a typo in the title, better for someone with a staff account to move it. --Minorax (talk) 15:24, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the flag, Minorax. Corrected :) – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 15:27, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Nonpublic information

I used the wrong name to sign two non-disclosure agreements for careless and I forgot to correct it. How can I sign again? In addition, because I have applied for a user name change, my phab user name is inconsistent with the one on wikimedia, can I change it? (｀・ω・´) (talk) 12:27, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Hey -akko, I believe you signed with your previous username and now wanted to sign again under your current username. Is my understanding correct? If yes then you do not need to sign them again. We've already updated your name in the public NDA list. If you want it to be updated in our internal record, all you need is a written note to cawikimedia.org and we can update our internal NDA signatures spreadsheet. Also, You can request to change your phabricator username here at Talk:Phabricator/Help. Hope this helps. Thanks. – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 12:57, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

For some reasons, the name I used to sign the agreement (include phab:L37 and phab:L45) is slightly different from my real name now, so I want to change it. (｀・ω・´) (talk) 13:50, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

In that case, please send a note to cawikimedia.org please. – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 14:04, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Confidentiality agreement

Hi Nahid. I signed the agreement in July this year but I was never added to the noticeboard. Have I signed the agreement properly or something is still pending. Thanks! --Hulged (talk) 20:53, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Hey Hulged, please send a note to ca@wikimedia.org for NDA noticeboard related inquiries. Best, – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 09:21, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

You've got mail

@NahidSultan (WMF)

Tumbuka Arch (talk) 12:57, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Paid contributions disclosing

Hello. For paid contributions that are not disclosed under the ToU, will WMF investigate? If it is only at the "suspect" level, how will the investigation process happen, and if confirmed, will there be any sanctions against that user? Is it a WMF global ban? Tryvix ^t 15:33, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Hey @Tryvix1509, Apologies for not replying sooner. It depends on a case-by-case basis. But the T&S investigation process mostly follows this when evaluating a request for an Office action. The Foundation Global ban is taken as a last resort. You can reach out to cawikimedia.org with details and we can look into this specific situation. – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 07:45, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Special:UserRights/JPrakash-WMF

Hi. There needs to be a reconsideration of this. Since when are staff members exempt from applying for interface administrator rights? I do not see that there is that policy right, which I believe is reserved to local bureaucrats. I do not see that you should have applied that right. My understanding is that trust and safety members apply the respective "staff" rights that are listed at Special:ListGroupRights. If there is that change then that needs to be discussed with the community. Please undo that assignation and progress to a community consensus. Ping to user:Xaosflux  — billinghurst sDrewth 01:54, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@Billinghurst we likely don't have it documented well, but based simply on Special:ListUsers/interface-admin this is not something new (and in many cases is still the "least privilege" type of action). We certainly can bring this up at a better forum then this talk page, but in isolation I don't agree that a revocation is needed based on what is likely an out-of-sync documentation with the Staff userrights policy here. That being said, I suspect I know why this case has a spotlight on it now - and that there is likely a training opportunity needed about making certain types of changes from staffers. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:09, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

May I politely disagree Xaosflux that having practice that has snuck in doesn't make it within the expected policy nor reasonable. Not documented, and not discussed means that it is outside policy of metawiki. If those others have been snuck in outside our policy, then they should ideally be removed too. This is a community wiki, and there needs to be the clear following of policy for that accountability. If staff need that role then they need to do the legwork just like everyone else. If staff wish to roll that user right into a staff right then do that leg work too, and have the accountability and the demonstration of knowledge of this community's culture and practices. How does it currently look? Roles allocated applied outside of policy, maintained without clear adherence for the policy, and no clear overview. This is not leading by example nor best practice; and we should be politely holding WMF to account to act within local policies. That they have not been held accountable by bureaucrats reflects poorly on the bureaucrats.  — billinghurst sDrewth 23:39, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@Billinghurst you have some good points for discussion and suggest you open a thread at Meta:Babel about it. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:51, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Hey Billinghurst, Let me start by saying that I understand your point. From the Foundation's side, when T&S receives a request for userrights from a staff member, we review the request and the use case and assign the most appropriate one. When reviewing and granting the rights we usually try to minimize the access and grant them where they need it to avoid unintended use of the rights on other projects where one might not need it, especially on Meta. T&S also maintains a detailed log of all the userights assigned and conducts periodic audits and part of that log is also available here as you are aware. As for the internal policy that Xaosflux mentioned above - is the policy that we follow when requesting and granting the userrights for staff members. I agree that there should be a clear publicly available document and policy around it. I think some of the Stewards also raised it during WMF-Stewards calls in the past. And, we also raised it in our internal meetings a few times, and there is an agreement to create a publicly available document incorporating the current policy and practices T&S uses for staff userrights where the community can also suggest improvements. It is mostly my fault that it hasn't materialized yet. Sorry for that. I started working on it but then it fell through the cracks. How about I take this opportunity as a reminder to complete that unfinished task and publish it by the end of this month/early December? Thanks.– NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 07:36, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I was never going to take it further than this page. I (we?) do need to be strident about some of those faded, broadening grey lines, as they catch up with at some point, as people move and the history gets lost. I have no issue with the rights being allocated, just wish to separate the staff vs community, or to have that policy change. Then each sector is suitably responsible and accountable; and no, I had forgotten all about the page if I had ever particularly paid attention to it.  — billinghurst sDrewth 10:18, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

about SecurePoll

Hi Nahid, I noticed that you are (electionadmin) on vote.wikimedia.org and I want to ask how can we create a new Secure Poll for User Group election if that possible, thanks for advance. Ibrahim.ID ✪ 17:14, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey Ibrahim, This is technically possible but currently running an election on votewiki requires staff involvement and general concerns around it would be team bandwidth and to find a cycle to run it. Can you please email cawikimedia.org with details so that we explore the option? Thanks. – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 16:51, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

User name

hello, let me ask. What do you think about naming users using emojis? Is there a policy regarding that? My name was changed without my permission. can you help. this should be a minor problem. KopiHangat (talk) 01:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

they are referring to this [1] which is not a „change without permission“ but rather a reversal of renaming that happened by mistake to the previous username. Johannnes89 (talk) 04:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

On behalf of the UCoC project team,

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Saqib

Hello, NahidSultan (WMF),

Can you tell me why you blocked this account? You state that it was a compromised account but I see no evidence of that on the English Wikipedia where they did most of their editing. I don't think they have access to their User talk page and no email access so how can I contact them? This doesn't seem fair as there is no information on their User talk page about how they can appeal this inexplicable decision. What recourse do they have if this is a mistake? Liz (talk) 06:49, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Help:Compromised accounts answers that question, they can (and should) contact T&S via mail (cawikimedia.org) once they recovered access to their account / if they believe the lock was a mistake. Johannnes89 (talk) 08:13, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Liz: we are in contact with Saqib and currently working on getting his account unlocked. And, all I can say without compromising the safety of everyone involved is that it wasn't a mistake, and Saqib is aware of it. Thanks. – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 08:28, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Well, thanks for the response. I see they are unblocked now so I guess the situation is resolved. It was just frustrating that it looked like there was no way to communicate with an editor when they are globally blocked. Again, I appreciate the reply. Liz (talk) 06:02, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Confidential Agreement

Hi.NahidSultan, please see this and I already sent a email to Trust and Safety team since 3 days ago and one time reply from them, I've re-awaiting for reply of email from T&S email and my username is not added as yet in the list, I don't known why? Please help us. Happy editing --- คvírαm7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 16:31, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello Aviram7, Thanks for reaching out. I can see that you reached out to T&S during the weekend, you got a response on Monday, September 2. After receiving a signature, we review multiple factors when adding a signature to the Meta noticeboard, sometimes this also includes multiple teams within the Foundation. The signature is required for individuals who want to access the advanced user rights. In some cases, we do not add users unless they have a reason to sign the NDA. There are also other factors such as when a user does not meet the condition of our confidentiality agreement. You will be hearing from T&S once that review is done on the same email thread or if the team has follow up questions during the process. Hope this helps. – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 08:48, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Requested email

Hello, I've sent the requested email to you. I didn't know whether you get that. Thank you. Lemonaka1 (talk) 06:28, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Or if not get the correct one, can you sent me an email from nsultawikimedia.org or cawikimedia.org ? Thank you. Lemonaka1 (talk) 06:30, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

It's fine. The fact that you got the email is enough to verify. Thanks. – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 06:39, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, case solved. I need to be more careful about 2FA. Lemonaka (talk) 06:43, 5 November 2024 (UTC)