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Discussion report

WMF's Universal Code of Conduct

Wikimedia Foundation moves forward with plans to create Universal Code of Conduct

Village Pump discussion concerning

"WMF Board Authorises Universal Code of Conduct and non-local sanctions of those who breach them"

In brief

  • Taiwan – a long RfC on the official name
  • UTRS – on the future and use of the Unblock Ticket Request System

Follow-ups

  • The left sidebar update RfC is in the process of being closed as of press time.
  • edit warring on the prank log page
    are still open.
  • There was no consensus on WT:NFC on whether fair-use SVGs should be banned, and the policy regarding non-free SVGs was left unchanged.
  • MOS:ACCESSIBILITY now has a recommendation that tables have captions, following a successful RfC
    on this question.
  • Consensus
    current event
    }} template from coronavirus-related pages.
  • The proposal to create a "main page editor" group failed, with opposers citing security risks as well as the fact that editors would be granted access to the protect and editprotected rights while not being permitted by policy to fully use them.
  • The bureaucrat activity RfC
    produced a result of no consensus. The community was closely divided on the issue, with 45 supports and 40 opposes.