[Wikimediaindia-l] Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

2022-09-09 Thread Chitraparna Sinha 
Hello everyone,

The Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Revisions committee

is
requesting comments regarding the *Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for
the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC)*
.
This review period will be open from *8 September 2022 until 8 October
2022.*

The Committee collaborated to revise these draft guidelines based on input
gathered from the community discussion period from May through July and the
community vote that concluded in March 2022. The revisions are focused on
the following four areas:

   1. To identify the type, purpose, and applicability of the UCoC training;
   2. To simplify the language for more accessible translation and
   comprehension by non-experts;
   3. To explore the concept of affirmation, including its pros and cons;
   4. To review the balancing of the privacy of the accuser and the accused

The Committee requests comments and suggestions about these revisions by *8
October 2022*. From there, the Revisions Committee anticipates further
revising the guidelines based on community input.

*Find the Revised Guidelines on Meta

and
a comparison page in some languages.
*

Everyone may share comments in several places. Facilitators welcome
comments in any language on the Revisions Guideline Talk Page. Comments can
also be shared on talk pages of translations, at local discussions, or
during conversation hours. There are planned live discussions about the
UCoC enforcement draft guidelines.

*Conversation Hours*


The facilitation team supporting this review period hopes to reach a large
number of communities. If you do not see a conversation happening in your
community, please organize a discussion. Facilitators can assist you in
setting up the conversations. Discussions will be summarized and presented
to the drafting committee every two weeks. The summaries will be published
here

.
Regards,
~ On behalf of the UCoC project team,


Chitraparna Sinha (she/her) (Meta
)

Facilitator, South Asia, Movement Strategy and Governance
 (MSG)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

2022-09-09 Thread Bodhisattwa 
Hi Praveen,

Thanks for keeping track of the case. Personally I am extremely relieved
that Siddique at last got out of the prison. We were not getting any major
news about him which was very worrying. I am also very much worried of the
extreme stress he and his family is facing and will face after this
traumatic event. Hope they will come of this mess stronger than before. We
are still helpless regarding legal support of the volunteers and are still
vulnerable.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 12:01 praveenp  wrote:

> FINALLY!
>
> The Supreme court granted Bail to Kappen. He was imprisoned since October
> 2020 under UAPA while reporting the Gang rape and murder or 19 year old
> Dalit woman from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Everybody in India can be so proud
> of this entire saga.
> I hope Kappen (wanna be Kappens too) learned his lesson, and won't commit
> any "Unlawful activities" like reporting gangrapes in holy states.
>
> Regards
> User:Praveenp
>
>
> On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 14:19, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kaartic,
>>
>> I don't think Trust and Safety or WMF legal has any practical value here.
>> I can endorse Vikram's view from my experience, when I interacted with both
>> of the teams about another extremely controversial topic which might very
>> well hamper the safety of the entire Indian Wikimedia community and can
>> destroy the life and reputation of volunteers. Practically speaking, if any
>> Wikimedia content is deemed illegal as per the law of the country,
>> currently we are all vulnerable and there is no existing support structure
>> which can take any step to convince website hosts to find any solution or
>> prevent this kind of unfortunate situation or provide emergency legal
>> relief or take out the volunteers from PTSD.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 10 May 2021 at 00:25, Kaartic Sivaraam <
>> kaarticsivaraam91...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Sun, 9 May 2021 at 10:56, Bodhisattwa Mandal
>>>  wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I personally always felt that individual Wikimedia volunteers are
>>> always in an extremely vulnerable position. There is no legal support
>>> system present in the Indian Wikimedia ecosystem to safeguard or prevent
>>> Wikimedia volunteers from being harrassed by state or charged or arrested
>>> for any controversial content present on Wikipedia. Although Sidheeq was
>>> not charged for anything related to his Wikimedia work and to some people,
>>> maybe his arrest has nothing to do with the Wikimedia community, but it
>>> gives us a chance to think, what happens if this kind of incident happens
>>> to any one of us with respect to any controversial content present on any
>>> Wikimedia sites. I strongly feel that we need to build a good legal support
>>> system sustainable enough to help volunteers in distress anytime anywhere
>>> in India; the scope of such a support system can be defined or discussed,
>>> but something should be there.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Forgive my ignorance and I could be misunderstanding but anyways,
>>> shouldn't the Trust & Safety team be helpful for these situations?
>>> Isn't it kind of their work to support Wikimedians in those cases? If
>>> not, that team at least looks like the relevant people to discuss this
>>> with.
>>>
>>>   Team page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety
>>>   Team overview:
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Overview
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sivaraam
>>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

2022-09-09 Thread praveenp 
FINALLY!

The Supreme court granted Bail to Kappen. He was imprisoned since October
2020 under UAPA while reporting the Gang rape and murder or 19 year old
Dalit woman from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Everybody in India can be so proud
of this entire saga.
I hope Kappen (wanna be Kappens too) learned his lesson, and won't commit
any "Unlawful activities" like reporting gangrapes in holy states.

Regards
User:Praveenp


On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 14:19, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Kaartic,
>
> I don't think Trust and Safety or WMF legal has any practical value here.
> I can endorse Vikram's view from my experience, when I interacted with both
> of the teams about another extremely controversial topic which might very
> well hamper the safety of the entire Indian Wikimedia community and can
> destroy the life and reputation of volunteers. Practically speaking, if any
> Wikimedia content is deemed illegal as per the law of the country,
> currently we are all vulnerable and there is no existing support structure
> which can take any step to convince website hosts to find any solution or
> prevent this kind of unfortunate situation or provide emergency legal
> relief or take out the volunteers from PTSD.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
>
>
> On Mon, 10 May 2021 at 00:25, Kaartic Sivaraam <
> kaarticsivaraam91...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, 9 May 2021 at 10:56, Bodhisattwa Mandal
>>  wrote:
>> >
>> > I personally always felt that individual Wikimedia volunteers are
>> always in an extremely vulnerable position. There is no legal support
>> system present in the Indian Wikimedia ecosystem to safeguard or prevent
>> Wikimedia volunteers from being harrassed by state or charged or arrested
>> for any controversial content present on Wikipedia. Although Sidheeq was
>> not charged for anything related to his Wikimedia work and to some people,
>> maybe his arrest has nothing to do with the Wikimedia community, but it
>> gives us a chance to think, what happens if this kind of incident happens
>> to any one of us with respect to any controversial content present on any
>> Wikimedia sites. I strongly feel that we need to build a good legal support
>> system sustainable enough to help volunteers in distress anytime anywhere
>> in India; the scope of such a support system can be defined or discussed,
>> but something should be there.
>> >
>>
>> Forgive my ignorance and I could be misunderstanding but anyways,
>> shouldn't the Trust & Safety team be helpful for these situations?
>> Isn't it kind of their work to support Wikimedians in those cases? If
>> not, that team at least looks like the relevant people to discuss this
>> with.
>>
>>   Team page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety
>>   Team overview:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Overview
>>
>> --
>> Sivaraam
>>
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