Hi everyone,
Please find the annual report of the Wikimedia Stewards User Group with the
related health template on this page.
The overall evaluation of the group for 2025 reads as follows:
While the amount of steward-related activities remains high and the number of
stewards and activities of stewards clerks pretty low, the increased
conversations with the Wikimedia Foundation and other functionary groups at the
Stewards Conference, the Users with Extended Rights Convening, and beyond have
still moved the group forward. In particular, the close collaboration with the
Product Security and Integrity team at the Wikimedia Foundation has helped to
design better products for the global community without going through huge
pushbacks from the communities. We hope that this new teamwork will continue in
the same good way with new challenges like anti-abuse signals, account
security, the incident reporting system, and others, ahead and look forward to
the retreat with the PSI team.
This collaboration is more important than ever, with new technical challenges
(and solutions) on the horizon and with the number of tasks and conversations
for our group rapidly growing. There is still a huge need for new stewards,
especially from underrepresented regions, for the daily work and more
perspectives on technical aspects. For that reason, access to limited
functionary work like adminship that are the first steps for becoming a steward
should be simplified further. Stewards are happy to help with guidance and
their experiences in global governance from their global perspective and are
closely watching new models like the temporary admins on Ukrainian Wikipedia or
the extended role of patrollers on Portuguese Wikipedia. However, with the
establishment of the U4C, the stewards’ role continues to be more technical
than ever before, so it is expectable that the steward role will attract mainly
people interested in these activities.
Altogether, 2025 has been a good step forward for the stewards and global
community governance. For 2026, we hope that the role of stewards can emerge
even further and that we can continue serving the global community in the best
possible way.
Best,Martin/DerHexer
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