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Advice / input requested
Originally posted at Steward requests/Miscellaneous:
Hi! I know this is probably not a standard request but here it goes: On v:Wikiversity:Requests_for_Deletion#User_pages_created_as_part_of_Computer_Essentials_(ICNS_141) there is a discussion about deleting pages created by students.
Do you think Wikiversity should we delete old user page information etc. if the pages were created as a school project. Unlike other users the students many not have created the content entirely by their own free will. Some of the pages contain personal information.
Perhaps one of more of you could give your input? --MGA73 (talk) 21:04, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Report of the U4C Charter ratification and U4C Call for Candidates now available
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language
Hello all,
I am writing to you today with two important pieces of information. First, the report of the comments from the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter ratification is now available. Secondly, the call for candidates for the U4C is open now through April 1, 2024.
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 are invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
Per the charter, there are 16 seats on the U4C: eight community-at-large seats and eight regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity of the movement.
Read more and submit your application on Meta-wiki.
On behalf of the UCoC project team,
How can we get email on wikimedia.org?
Hi, I see some user groups get email on wikimedia.org (I mean the main domain not a mail list), we are a recognized user group since 2014, so can we get an email? Who can I contact about this? Ibrahim.ID ✪ 02:18, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Ibrahim.ID: Do you mean you want to have an email queue on "wikimedia.org" this domain instead of "lists.wikimedia.org"? If yes, you can follow this instruction to contact VRTS admins to create an queue for your user group. Thanks. SCP-2000 16:14, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- @SCP-2000 thank you :) --Ibrahim.ID ✪ 17:06, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Relevant discussion at EnWP about promoting sister Wikimedia projects
You are invited to join the discussion at w:en:Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Advertising_sister_projects. 🌺 Cremastra (talk) 19:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- This section was archived on a request by: — xaosflux Talk 15:44, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection
Dear all,
This year, the term of 4 (four) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.
The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Board Governance Committee created a Board Selection Working Group from Trustees who cannot be candidates in the 2024 community- and affiliate-selected trustee selection process composed of Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3]. The group is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee selection process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
- May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions
- June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting if 15 or less candidates apply) [5]
- June-August 2024: Campaign period
- End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting period
- October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates
- Board's Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page, and make your plan.
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2024 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page.
Best regards,
Dariusz Jemielniak (Governance Committee Chair, Board Selection Working Group)
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter
[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2023-08-15#Governance_Committee
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Roles
[5] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the shortlisting process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates because the 1-3 candidates that are removed might feel ostracized and it would be a lot of work for affiliates to carry out the shortlisting process to only eliminate 1-3 candidates from the candidate list.
RfC in progress
Hi,
As tradition dictates, I am communicating here a question that may concern Stews, GS, Sysops and AbuseFilters, or even interest you. I would be happy to have your feedback 
Requests for comment/New global filter for "bot"
Good continuation. ―Eihel (talk) 01:46, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
Question about controversial political views
I'm wondering how much "global" control can be applied to users expressing controversial political views. If a user expresses support for ISIL, Hezbollah, Hamas, or the Houthi movement, on some wikis, they may be forced to remove such statements, while on other wikis, they may be banned. However, what if a wiki decides to permit such statements? Can stewards or other advanced global user groups take action against the user expressing such views, or even desysop admins on the wiki for allowing this? Does the Universal Code of Conduct or some other policy have provisions for such cases? Kk.urban (talk) 00:19, 25 March 2024 (UTC)