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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) [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/JAYQN3NYKCHQHONMUONYTI6WRKZFQNSC/ requested] that a community-led [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Revisions_Committee|revisions committee]] address some parts of the guidelines. This refinement process is completed, and the second community led vote was held from January 17 to January 31, 2023. Based on the [[Universal Code of Conduct/Revised enforcement guidelines/Voting statistics|results]], the Board of Trustees [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Universal_Code_of_Conduct_Enforcement_Guidelines voted to ratify the Enforcement Guidelines] on 9 March 2023. Further information on the implementation of the Guidelines will be published in April 2023.
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== Overview ==
The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a global baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement without tolerance for harassment. The UCoC content, which includes the policy and the enforcement guidelines, was created in two phases, and work is currently being done to implement the UCoC policy and enforcement guidelines. A full list of the activities involved in the development of the UCoC are outlined in the navigation box at the bottom of this page.
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Now that the policy and enforcement guidelines are complete, the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) must be built to support the policy evolution and enforcement. A building committee was formed to create the charter for the U4C and guide the election of the first U4C.'''[[Universal Code of Conduct/U4C Building Committee|Read more on the implementation of the Guidelines and the U4C Building Committee]]'''
=== Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) ===
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The UCoC is a key policy initiative from the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_2030|Wikimedia 2030]] community conversations and strategy process. The Strategy groups consulted Wikimedians from the global communities. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Recommendations|Ten recommendations to guide the movement towards its 2030 vision were developed]]. One of the recommendations, to "Provide for Safety and Inclusion," included drafting a Code of Conduct: the UCoC. The UCoC was developed in consultation with communities from across the Wikimedia movement with respect to context, existing local policies, as well as enforcement and conflict resolution structures. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Discussions|Previous community discussions about the Universal Code of Conduct can be found on this page.]]
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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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=== Universal Code of Conduct - Policy ===
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The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) is intended to be a set of policies to provide a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement and all of its projects. It outlines what constitutes expected and unacceptable behaviour and would apply to everyone who interacts and contributes to online and offline Wikimedia projects and spaces. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct|See the full policy text.]]
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=== Universal Code of Conduct - Enforcement guidelines ===
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[[m:Universal Code of Conduct|These guidelines]] provide an enforcement framework for the Universal Code of Conduct. The Policy was previously ratified by the Board of Trustees. The guidelines include preventative, responsive, 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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The UCoC Enforcement guidelines consists of two parts:
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* Preventive work
** Promoting UCoC awareness, recommending UCoC training, among others.
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* Responsive work
** Detailing a process for filing
** Processing reported violations
** Providing resources for reported violations
** Designating enforcement actions for violations
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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 [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/U4C_Building_Committee|Building Committee]]. This Building Committee will have members from the volunteer community, Wikimedia Foundation staff, and affiliate staff. This Building Committee will plan the steps necessary to have a functional U4C.
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== Current status ==
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The first version of the [[m:Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines|UCoC Enforcement Guidelines]] were published for the community’s consideration on January 6, 2022. 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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From 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee#Revisions Committee|revisions committee]] has now completed their work.
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The second community vote was held from January 17 to January 31, 2023. Based on the [[Universal Code of Conduct/Revised enforcement guidelines/Voting statistics|results]], the Board of Trustees [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Universal_Code_of_Conduct_Enforcement_Guidelines voted to ratify the Enforcement Guidelines] on 9 March 2023. '''[[Universal Code of Conduct/U4C Building Committee|Read more on the implementation of the Guidelines and the U4C Building Committee]]'''
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== {{anchor|Timeline}}<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Timeline</span> ==
 
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|'''{{Tunit|id=73|content=Date}}'''
|'''{{Tunit|id=74|content=Status}}'''
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Revisions committee reviewing comments & drafting any needed changes</span>
|{{date||06||{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}} – {{date|2022|08||{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Completed</span>
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Community consultation on Enforcement Guidelines revisions</span>
|{{date|2022|09||{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Completed</span>
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Final revisions based on consultation</span>
|{{date|<!-- -->|10|<!-- -->|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}} – {{date|2022|11|<!-- -->|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Completed, under translation</span>
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Community vote on revised guidelines</span>
|{{date||01||{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}} – {{date|2023|02||{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforcement_guidelines/Voter_information|Completed]]</span>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 Timeline</span>
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!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Event/Milestone</span>
!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Date</span>
!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Status</span>
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Investigate key
enforcement
questions
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:wmf:Resolution:Approval of a Universal Code of Conduct|Board of Trustees ratifies UCoC]]</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">2 February 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
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|[[Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Discussions#Phase_2_local_consultations|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Local community consultations</span>]] ([[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations/Enforcement|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">summary</span>]])
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Late January – March 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|[[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Affiliates consultation|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Affiliate consultations</span>]] ([[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Affiliates consultation/Report|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Report</span>]])
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Late February – April 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
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|[[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Functionaries meeting|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Functionary consultations</span>]]
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">April – July 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|[[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">On-wiki consultations</span>]] ([[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations/Discussion/Report|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Report</span>]])
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">April – May 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
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|[[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations/Roundtable discussions|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Roundtable discussions</span>]]
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">May – September 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|[[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations/Research|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Targets of Harassment report</span>]]
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">June 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Published</span>
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Create & approve
enforcement
proposal
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|[[Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Phase_2|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Call for participation: Phase 2 drafting committee</span>]]
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Late March – April 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Closed</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Drafting committee: initial drafting</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">May – July 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Published</span>
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|[[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement draft guidelines review|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Draft enforcement proposals community consultations</span>]]
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">August – October 2021</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Drafting committee: refine enforcement proposal</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">October – January 2022</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">UCoC enforcement proposal submitted to Board of Trustees</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">January 2022</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
!rowspan="9"| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Enforcement guidelines community ratification</span>
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|[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines|'''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">UCoC enforcement guidelines published for consideration</span>''']]
|{{date|2022|01|24|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Published</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Enforcement guidelines conversations</span>
|{{date|2022|01||{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}} – {{date|2022|03||{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|{{Tunit|id=175|content=Finished}}
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Conversation Hour #1</span>
|{{date|2022|02|04|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Finished</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Conversation Hour #2</span>
|{{date|2022|02|25|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Finished</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Conversation Hour #3</span>
|{{date|2022|03|04|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Finished</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Ratification voting period</span>
|{{date|2022|03|07|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}} – {{date|2022|03|21|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Finished</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Vote scrutinization</span>
|{{date|2022|03|21|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}} – {{date|2022|03|31|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Finished</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Ratification vote results announcement</span>
|{{date|2022|04|05|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Finished</span>
|}
 
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!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Date</span>
!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Status</span>
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Early research
and outreach
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Publish a [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Initial 2020 Consultations|summary of local language consultations]]</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">15 June 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Affiliate outreach: surveys and interviews</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">June – July 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Outreach to communities completed and feedback compiled</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">July 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Wikimedia Foundation staff survey completed and summarized</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">July 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
! rowspan="6" |<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Drafting</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Call for participation: drafting committee</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">June 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Drafting committee selected</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">17 July 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Drafting committee: active drafting stage</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">August – September 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">UCoC draft community comment period</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">September – October 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">UCoC draft revised in light of community comments</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">6–12 October 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
|-
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">UCoC draft delivered to Board of Trustees for review, with links to community comments</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">13 October 2020</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Done</span>
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== History ==
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The UCoC is a key policy initiative from the [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia 2030|Wikimedia 2030]] community conversations and strategy process. The Strategy groups consulted Wikimedians from the global communities and put forth [[Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Recommendations|10 recommendations]] to guide the movement towards its 2030 vision. One of the recommendations, to “[[Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Provide for Safety and Inclusion|Provide for Safety and Inclusion]],” included drafting a Code of Conduct, the UCoC. The UCoC is being developed in consultation with communities from across the Wikimedia movement with respect to context, existing local policies, as well as enforcement and conflict resolution structures. Previous community discussions about the Universal Code of Conduct can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Discussions|on this page]].
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The UCoC consultation is being 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 Policy, which is intended to apply to all activities in the Wikimedia movement. The Board of Trustees [[:wmf:Resolution:Approval of a Universal Code of Conduct|announced its approval of the UCoC Policy]] on 2 February 2021, though neither the global community nor individual communities have approved this Code of Conduct. '''Phase 2''' involves ongoing [[Universal Code of Conduct/Discussions|global conversations]] and proposal drafting on the implementation and application of the UCoC. It officially began in February 2021.
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Between 2018 and 2020, the [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia 2030|Wikimedia 2030 strategy process]] invited volunteers to look at how to best guide the Wikimedia movement towards the future. Through working groups, online discussions, and in-person events around the world, [[Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Recommendations|10 recommendations]] and principles were published in May 2020. One of these recommendations was to “[[Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Provide for Safety and Inclusion|Provide for Safety and Inclusion]]”:
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<blockquote>We will establish Movement-wide standards for an inclusive, welcoming, safe, and harassment-free environment. This will enable us to better attract and retain new and diverse volunteers and grow as a movement.</blockquote>
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A key part of this recommendation was to create a Code of Conduct, the UCoC. It aims to provide a "universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement without tolerance for harassment". Wikimedia communities work in highly varied contexts, and no code of conduct will be able to cover every situation and issue. If the Terms of Service are updated to include it, participants and local projects will be asked to follow and build upon the baseline established by the UCoC.
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As per the [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard/May 2020 - Board of Trustees on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe Spaces|Board of Trustees’ statement]], there are two phases for the UCoC project. The first phase ("Phase 1") involved research, [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Initial 2020 Consultations|community and stakeholder dialogue]], as well as a staff-appointed [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee|joint volunteer-staff committee]] that drafted the [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Draft review|UCoC text proposal]]. The proposed text was submitted to the Board of Trustees for ratification on 13 October 2020. The Board [[:wmf:Resolution:Approval of a Universal Code of Conduct|announced the approved text]] on 2 February 2021.
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== <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">History</span> ==
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The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) is a key initiative from the Wikimedia 2030 community conversations and strategy process. [[Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Strategy/Recommendations/Provide_for_Safety_and_Inclusion|Providing for safety and inclusion]] within the communities and creating a [[Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Global_Conversations/Report|code of conduct]] was rated the highest-priority initiative of the third Movement Strategy recommendation. The UCoC provides a global baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement without tolerance for harassment. The UCoC was created through a collaborative process through two phases. Phase 1 included drafting the policy. Phase 2 included drafting enforcement guidelines. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees ratified the policy on 2 February 2021, and the community voted on the enforcement guidelines in March of 2022. The first 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) [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/JAYQN3NYKCHQHONMUONYTI6WRKZFQNSC/ requested] that a community-led [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Revisions_Committee|revisions committee]] address some parts of the guidelines. This refinement process finished, and the second community led vote was held in January 2023. Based on the [[Universal Code of Conduct/Revised enforcement guidelines/Voting statistics|results]], the Board of Trustees [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Universal_Code_of_Conduct_Enforcement_Guidelines voted to ratify the Enforcement Guidelines] on 9 March 2023. Currently, the Universal Code of Conduct Building Committee is developing the [[Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/U4C_Building_Committee|Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee charter]].
The second phase ("Phase 2") of the project began on 2 February 2021, when the Board approved the draft UCoC text developed in Phase 1. The second phase of the project focuses on how to enforce the UCoC. As with the first phase, determining responsibilities and outlining clear enforcement pathways involves broad input from communities across the Wikimedia movement.
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