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Democracy in action: multiple elections
Become a Wikimedia Foundation trustee edit
Do you want to change the world? Do you want to change Wikipedia? You may want to apply to become a candidate for the upcoming WMF Board of Trustees election before 23:59 UTC May 29, 2024.
Four Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will be elected this year.
If there are more than fifteen candidate applications, a shortlisting procedure will call on WMF affiliates to shortlist twelve candidates.
Voting will be held for a two week period starting at the end of August or beginning of September. You should be eligible to vote if you've made over 300 edits before August, but see details here.
Minimum requirements for candidates include fluency in English, experience serving on Boards or committees or other decision-making bodies, and experience in Wikimedia (or equivalent) movement building and organizing. Legal or project requirements include
- You must not have been:
- convicted of a serious crime or a crime involving dishonesty or deception;
- removed from a position at a non-profit organization or company because of mismanagement or misconduct;
- currently banned or blocked from any Wikimedia project for a period of 30 days or longer;
- You must:
- disclose your real name on your Candidate Application;
- be at least 18 years old and of legal age in your country of permanent residence;
- submit proof of your identity and age to the Wikimedia Foundation;
- An editor's first edit must have been before May 8, 2022; and
- You'll be required to resign from any other board, governance, or paid positions at the Wikimedia Foundation, chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups if you are elected and appointed to the board.
See this page for all the details you need to know to apply. Or see this page for more general information on this election. – S
Lead story one edit
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/reports/2022-2023-annual-report/
https://wikimediaendowment.org/reports/2022-2023-annual-report/
Vote for Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee edit
Voting ended on 9 May to seat the Wikimedia community volunteers who will establish and constitute the first Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee. There are challenges in predicting the routine activities of a newly-formed, quickly elected, volunteer-run, multicultural and global community organization, but this election is the latest milestone after years of planning with hundreds of Wikimedia volunteers as documented on the Meta-Wiki page for the Universal Code of Conduct. This committee's enforcement of the Code of Conduct will include addressing reports of misconduct with their judgements.
The Signpost has reported on Universal Code of Conduct developments including its January 2023 public election for ratification, March 2023 ratification of enforcement guidelines, and the March 2024 ratification of the overall charter. In February 2021 the Wikimedia Foundation reported the presentation of the Universal Code of Conduct idea. – BR
Brief notes edit
- Global ban of major contributor: Benoît Prieur, a French Wikipedia former administrator with over 1.5 million edits, has been globally banned by Wikimedia Foundation.
- New user-groups: The Affiliations Committee announced the approval of this month's newest Wikimedia movement affiliate, the .
- New administrators: There have been no new administrators for The Signpost to report since February, the total of successful requests stands at four for the year. The only Request for adminship (RfA) that started since February was terminated after a day or so with a "not now" closure. According to the RfA by month log going back to the beginning of the RfA process two decades ago, only four other years since have had fewer successful nominations than this one in the months of January through April: 2016 and 2018 with three, and 2021 and 2023 with two. To learn about upcoming remedies for this state of affairs, read this month's Special report on RfA reform.
- Italian Wikipedia to host first ever ArbCom elections: After a failed attempt back in 2006, the it.wiki community approved the charter and election mechanism for the new Arbitration Committee. The first election session started on 30 April, with users casting their candidatures by 6 May. Once the session is complete, the Italian Wikipedia will be the twelfth project to have an active ArbCom.
- Milestones: The following Wikimedia projects reached milestones this week:
- MILESTONES
- New Pages Patrol backlog drive: New Pages Patrol is currently hosting a one-month-long backlog drive to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Sign up here, should you wish to help!
- Articles for Improvement: This week's Article for Improvement is Tax return. Please be bold in helping improve this article!
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