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A special election has been called to fill additional vacancies on the U4C. The call for candidates phase is open from now through July 19, 2024.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members are invited to submit their applications in the special election for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
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I recently clicked edit and it turned out I wasn't logged in. I was faced with IP ban on 107.181.176.0/20 by you. This does not hinder my ability to edit at all, since I simply logged in.
Here is the thing, I wasn't using VPN, and this is a recurring problem for me since 2020, when I first started to attempt an edit. I use cellular network from a large ISP in my country.
I first noticed in 2020 that I was unable to edit because of a range block by Widr (I can't locate the IP of the time anymore), but most importantly range blocks preempt account creation too, I believe I made an account request at the time but wasn't granted (I can't locate the request anymore).
I was finally lucky that I was briefly not range blocked in 2022 and I rushed to create an account, but I must note that I was range blocked more than 99% of the time while not using VPN. I live in a flawed democratic country that has a lot of vandals though not malicious (this is what I perceive).
I'm concerned about range blocks' potential of harming inclusion from my country, which already suffers from a lack of editors. I am thankful if you can investigate whether range blocks are disproportionately applied in my country, compared to, say, United States, and find ways to minimize harm.
Thanks in advance! Sir Kenneth Kho ( talk) 21:14, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- @ Sir Kenneth Kho: Thanks for taking the time to write in. I'm sorry about the situation you found yourself in. In this particular case, I would note that the IP range is also blocked globally, which means that even without any action on the English Wikipedia side, it would still be blocked. It's a difficult balance -- we can't allow known webhost or proxy IP ranges to have unrestricted edit access to Wikipedia because of the degree of abuse we see from those ranges. However, I know that there's often a lot of collateral damage that comes from those decisions. Ultimately, in the longer run, we probably need to get smarter about risk mitigation on Wikipedia — our current tools were created back in the early 2000s and broadly haven't been updated much since then. Best KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 18:37, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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17,
18,
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- News and notes: WMF board elections and fundraising updates
- Special report: Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board
- In focus: How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators
- Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna
- In the media: War and information in war and politics
- Sister projects: On editing Wikisource
- Opinion: Etika: a Pop Culture Champion
- Gallery: Spokane Willy's photos
- Humour: A joke
- Recent research: Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps
- Traffic report: Talking about you and me, and the games people play
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. ( T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
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| Happy First Edit Day! Hi L235! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 06:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC) |
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Hello everyone,
This is a kind reminder that the voting period to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter will be closed on July 9, 2024, at 23:59 UTC.
If you have not voted yet, please vote on SecurePoll.
On behalf of the Charter Electoral Commission,
RamzyM (WMF) 03:45, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Copied from Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous) § U4C Special Election - Call for Candidates because this page is listed on Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)/Subscribe.
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to other languages.
Hello all,
A special election has been called to fill additional vacancies on the U4C. The call for candidates phase is open from now through July 19, 2024.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members are invited to submit their applications in the special election for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
In this special election, according to chapter 2 of the U4C charter, there are 9 seats available on the U4C: four community-at-large seats and five regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity of the movement. No more than two members of the U4C can be elected from the same home wiki. Therefore, candidates must not have English Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, or Italian Wikipedia as their home wiki.
Read more and submit your application on Meta-wiki.
In cooperation with the U4C,
-- Keegan (WMF) ( talk) 00:02, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
I recently clicked edit and it turned out I wasn't logged in. I was faced with IP ban on 107.181.176.0/20 by you. This does not hinder my ability to edit at all, since I simply logged in.
Here is the thing, I wasn't using VPN, and this is a recurring problem for me since 2020, when I first started to attempt an edit. I use cellular network from a large ISP in my country.
I first noticed in 2020 that I was unable to edit because of a range block by Widr (I can't locate the IP of the time anymore), but most importantly range blocks preempt account creation too, I believe I made an account request at the time but wasn't granted (I can't locate the request anymore).
I was finally lucky that I was briefly not range blocked in 2022 and I rushed to create an account, but I must note that I was range blocked more than 99% of the time while not using VPN. I live in a flawed democratic country that has a lot of vandals though not malicious (this is what I perceive).
I'm concerned about range blocks' potential of harming inclusion from my country, which already suffers from a lack of editors. I am thankful if you can investigate whether range blocks are disproportionately applied in my country, compared to, say, United States, and find ways to minimize harm.
Thanks in advance! Sir Kenneth Kho ( talk) 21:14, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- @ Sir Kenneth Kho: Thanks for taking the time to write in. I'm sorry about the situation you found yourself in. In this particular case, I would note that the IP range is also blocked globally, which means that even without any action on the English Wikipedia side, it would still be blocked. It's a difficult balance -- we can't allow known webhost or proxy IP ranges to have unrestricted edit access to Wikipedia because of the degree of abuse we see from those ranges. However, I know that there's often a lot of collateral damage that comes from those decisions. Ultimately, in the longer run, we probably need to get smarter about risk mitigation on Wikipedia — our current tools were created back in the early 2000s and broadly haven't been updated much since then. Best KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 18:37, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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