Hmm. It seems to me that having WMF create a policy for conduct that it imposes on non-WMF wikis would effectively be an office action <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_actions>, and the policy for office actions doesn't seem to contemplate them being expanded in to general moderation of Wikimedia sites. I don't know what Board resolutions would allow for WMF to impose a policy like this on its own; it seems to me that the correct routes to take are (1) a Board resolution, which is probably more appropriate for a ToS amendment that I hope will come after community consultation, or (2) a community RfC that creates community policy. If there is another way that staff is authorized to create policies that govern volunteer-created content, I'm not aware of it. Perhaps the Board should consider creating one.
Pine On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Kirill Lokshin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 1. Will the friendly-space "expectations" (policy?) for grants spaces on > > Meta be proposed as an RfC on Meta? The documentation on the rollout plan > > doesn't mention and RfC. My understanding is that the right way to > > implement a policy change like this on Meta is for it to go through an > open > > and transparent RfC process, and that the implementation decision is > > ultimately the community's to make. The experience would inform further > > discussions about (1) a project-wide friendly space policy on Meta, and > (2) > > a wider consultation on a friendly space amendment to the ToS that the > WMF > > Board may eventually ratify. > > > I don't see any reason why an RFC would be required (or appropriate) here. > The grantmaking process is a WMF function, and the associated pages on meta > are managed by the WMF grantmaking team; they are free to impose > requirements (such as compliance with a friendly space standard) on anyone > participating in that process (whether as an applicant or as a commenter or > reviewer). > > Kirill > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
