Code of Conduct/Consensus summary

Context[edit]

For approving the Code of Conduct, we've used a process similar to the one used for approving other Wikimedia behavioral policies. These types of policies generally start as a draft, then evolve through discussion and/or voting on the talk page, as shown below.

This page contains an overview of the consensus process for each section of the Code of Conduct. Below, there are links to the approval discussions for each part of the Code of Conduct. Cases where discussions rejected parts of the section, or produced multi-phase discussions, are also shown. Links to discussions that led to approving part of the text are bolded, even if the text was amended later.

Please update or ask for clarification if there are any omissions.

Summary[edit]

Code of Conduct[edit]

Introduction (brief lead text before "Principles")[edit]

Consensus discussion on intro, "Principles", and "Unacceptable behavior" sections (consensus reached on initial version)
Follow-up consensus discussion on intro, "Principles", "Expected behavior" and "Unacceptable behavior" sections (attempt to make changes including to intro, consensus not reached)
Fine tuning the next steps (consensus reached on intro, among other non-contested parts)

Principles[edit]

Consensus discussion on intro, "Principles", and "Unacceptable behavior" sections (consensus reached on initial version)
Follow-up consensus discussion on intro, "Principles", "Expected behavior" and "Unacceptable behavior" sections (attempt to make changes including to the principles, consensus not reached)
Fine tuning the next steps (consensus reached on “Principles”, among other non-contested parts)

Unacceptable behavior[edit]

Consensus discussion on intro, "Principles", and "Unacceptable behavior" sections (consensus reached on initial version)
Follow-up consensus discussion on intro, "Principles", "Expected behavior" and "Unacceptable behavior" sections (attempt to make changes including to ‘Unacceptable behavior’, consensus not reached)
Fine tuning the next steps (consensus reached on parts of “Unacceptable behavior”, discussion continued on "Publication of non-harassing private communication" and "Our open source community acknowledges the presence of systemic inequity and oppression...")
New proposal, welcomes feedback (consensus reached on “Inappropriate or unwanted publication of private communication.”; see below)
Move "Our open source community acknowledges..." out of the CoC? (consensus reached to replace this part with “Reports of unacceptable behavior must be done in good faith to defend potential victims [...]”)
Clarification of legitimate reasons for publication of private communications and identity protection (consensus reached to add text next to “unwanted publication of private communication” and “Disclosure of a person's identity” points)
Definitions - trolling, bad-faith reports (consensus reached to change the “trolling” text and the text about abusing the code of conduct system (purposes other than reporting genuine violations))
Marginalized and underrepresented groups (proposal to ban discrimination, consensus not reached on initial version)
New proposed wording (consensus reached to add discrimination text to “Unacceptable behavior”)
Enforcement issues (consensus not reached on the “Unacceptable behavior” part)
Circumvention text new wording (consensus reached to add circumventing Committee decisions to “Unacceptable behavior”)

Report a problem[edit]

Finalize "Report a problem" section? (consensus reached on the section, with a follow-up section)
"All reports will be processed confidentially" (consensus reached to change confidentiality pointer to “Reports are processed confidentially. For more information, see Confidentiality.”)
Enforcement issues (consensus reached on removing "Project administrators and maintainers have the right and are expected to take action on any communication or contribution that violates this Code of Conduct." and replacing "Report the problem to the administrators, maintainers, or designated contacts of the space where the problem is happening." with "If you are at an event, report the problem to the event organizers, or a designated contact.")