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The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) was created to provide a global baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement without tolerance for harassment. It was created through a collaborative process through two phases. Phase 1 included drafting the policy. Phase 2 included drafting enforcement guidelines. The Policy was ratified by the Board of Trustees on 2 February 2021, and the enforcement guidelines were voted on through a community-wide vote in March of 2022. The vote indicated community support for the guidelines, with several specific improvement areas identified through comments submitted in the process. The Board’s Community Affairs Committee (CAC) has [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[e-mail]/thread/JAYQN3NYKCHQHONMUONYTI6WRKZFQNSC/ requested] that a community-led [[Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Revisions_Committee|revisions committee]] address some parts of the guidelineguidelines. This refinement process is currentlycompleted, underwaywith the second community led vote scheduled to occur from January 17 to January 31, 2023.

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The UCoC consultation was held in two phases. Phase 1, from June to December 2020, involved research and conversations with communities on what a UCoC would look like. It resulted in the UCoC, which was approved by the Board of Trustees on 2 February 2021. Phase 2 officially began in February 2021 and also involved global conversations and the drafting of the enforcement guidelines, processes and pathways for the UCoC by a joint volunteer-staff committee. The Revisions period of the Enforcement Guidelines, began in April of 2022 with the Revisions Committee, whose main goal is to take community feedback from the vote and implement it into a revised document.

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[[m:Universal Code of Conduct|These guidelines]] areprovide for thean enforcement offramework for the Universal Code of Conduct. The Policy was previously ratified by the Board of Trustees. The guidelines include preventative, detectiveresponsive, and investigative actions, and other actions taken to address violations of the Universal Code of Conduct. Enforcement would primarily be handled by, but not limited to, designated functionaries across all online and offline Wikimedia projects, events, and related spaces hosted on third-party platforms. It would be done in an organized, timely fashion and consistently across the entire Wikimedia movement.

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A new global committee called the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) will be formed. U4C is intended to be a final decision-maker if local bodies fail to enforce the Universal Code of Conduct. The U4C will be in line with other decision making bodies, like [[m:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committees]] and [[m:Affiliations Committee|Affiliations Committee]]. The U4C will be set up by a buildingBuilding committeeCommittee. This buildingBuilding committeeCommittee will have members from the volunteer community, Wikimedia Foundation staff, and affiliate staff. This buildingBuilding committeeCommittee will plan the steps necessary to have a functional U4C.

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The [[m:Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines|UCoC Enforcement Guidelines]] were published for the community’s consideration January 6, 2022-01-06. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/January_2022_-_Board_of_Trustees_on_Community_ratification_of_enforcement_guidelines_of_UCoC|published a statement on 24 January 2022]] in support of a community vote on the proposed enforcement guidelines for the UCoC.

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TheFrom there, a community vote was held from 7 to 21 March 2022. There were [[Universal Code of Conduct/Discussions|discussions]] and [[Universal Code of Conduct/Conversations|conversations]] to educate and inform the community about the UCoC and Enforcement guidelines to ensure Wikimedians were empowered to vote.

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The vote was closed and the results were [[Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines/Voting/Results|published]]. After review by the CAC, the recommendation was for a second committee primarily comprised of members of the UCoC Policy (Phase 1) and the Enforcement Guidelines (Phase 2) committees to revise the guidelines based on four focus areas as identified via the vote data and feedback period: readability and translatability, privacy of the accuser vs the accusee, training, and affirmation. The [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Revisions_Committee revisions committee] has now completed their work. Translations of the revised draft are being prepared for the vote in early 2023.

'''The vote is closed and the results have been [[Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines/Voting/Results|published]]. Per a request from the CAC, the guidelines will be considered for Board ratification after a Revisions Committee addresses several areas of concern.'''

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