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==Timeline of events== |
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*On 19 February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation changed its Trust & Safety policy to allow itself to issue bans of less than indefinite duration and on specific wikis.<ref name="en rules">[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Office_actions&type=revision&diff=884069651&oldid=881390590&diffmode=source Wikipedia office policy extension]</ref><ref name="meta rules">[https://meta.wikimedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Office_actions&diff=next&oldid=18883575 Meta-wiki office policy extension]</ref> This change was made without community consultation to determine if such a change was helpful or desired. <!-- So far as I can find. Give WMF a chance to comment on or rebut this. --> |
*On 19 February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation changed its Trust & Safety policy to allow itself to issue bans of less than indefinite duration and on specific wikis.<ref name="en rules">[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Office_actions&type=revision&diff=884069651&oldid=881390590&diffmode=source Wikipedia office policy extension]</ref><ref name="meta rules">[https://meta.wikimedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Office_actions&diff=next&oldid=18883575 Meta-wiki office policy extension]</ref> This change was made without community consultation to determine if such a change was helpful or desired. <!-- So far as I can find. Give WMF a chance to comment on or rebut this. --> |
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*On 10 June 2019 at 17:48, Fram was blocked by WMFOffice. |
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*On 10 June 2019, a thread was started at [[WP:BN|Bureaucrats' Noticeboard]]. <ref name="bnpost">[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ABureaucrats%27_noticeboard&type=revision&diff=901258006&oldid=901004399 Initial bureaucrats' noticeboard post]</ref> The proposal was discussed by the community there and later moved to a separate page at [[Wikipedia:Community response to Wikimedia Foundation's ban of Fram]] due to the volume of discussion. |
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*On 10 June 2019, the {{u|WMFOffice}} account, an official Wikimedia Foundation role account, posted a statement on behalf of the Trust & Safety Team to the bureaucrats' noticeboard discussion confirming the ban and desysopping but declining to provide further detail.<ref name="wmf_statement">[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&diff=901280610&oldid=901280517 Trust & Safety statement posted by WMFOffice]</ref> |
*On 10 June 2019, the {{u|WMFOffice}} account, an official Wikimedia Foundation role account, posted a statement on behalf of the Trust & Safety Team to the bureaucrats' noticeboard discussion confirming the ban and desysopping but declining to provide further detail.<ref name="wmf_statement">[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard&diff=901280610&oldid=901280517 Trust & Safety statement posted by WMFOffice]</ref> |
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*On 11 June 2019, Fram posted a statement to Wikimedia Commons with his understanding of the reasons behind the ban, and giving the WMF permission to post his email communication with them regarding the subject.<ref name="fram_statement" /> As of this writing, the WMF has not disputed any portion of this statement. |
*On 11 June 2019, Fram posted a statement to Wikimedia Commons with his understanding of the reasons behind the ban, and giving the WMF permission to post his email communication with them regarding the subject.<ref name="fram_statement" /> As of this writing, the WMF has not disputed any portion of this statement. |
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Revision as of 19:09, 11 June 2019
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Summary
On 10 June 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation desysopped and banned editor and administrator Fram from the English Wikipedia as an office action for a period of one year. Fram's statement [1] indicates that the ban was solely for on-wiki conduct; as of this writing, the Wikimedia Foundation has not contradicted this assertion. It is the sense of the English Wikipedia community that:
- The desysopping and ban were ostensibly based on the rationale that the WMF must handle issues that the community cannot. Here, the issues were not presented to the community or the Arbitration Committee. Therefore, we reject the statement by the WMF as an explanation of the ban.
- The desysopping and ban, being presumably based upon only on-wiki actions, usurp the authority of the English Wikipedia community to enforce its own rules in regards to behavior on the project.
- The desysopping and ban are, therefore, invalid and must be reversed.
- Regardless of the reasons for this ban, the WMF must refrain from intervention in future on-wiki matters, or off-wiki matters which could be handled by the project's Arbitration Committee, with the exception of matters traditionally handled by WMF such as child protection, threats of violence, threats of suicide, and legal matters.
Timeline of events
- On 19 February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation changed its Trust & Safety policy to allow itself to issue bans of less than indefinite duration and on specific wikis.[2][3] This change was made without community consultation to determine if such a change was helpful or desired.
- On 10 June 2019 at 17:48, Fram was blocked by WMFOffice.
- On 10 June 2019, a thread was started at Bureaucrats' Noticeboard. [4] The proposal was discussed by the community there and later moved to a separate page at Wikipedia:Community response to Wikimedia Foundation's ban of Fram due to the volume of discussion.
- On 10 June 2019, the WMFOffice account, an official Wikimedia Foundation role account, posted a statement on behalf of the Trust & Safety Team to the bureaucrats' noticeboard discussion confirming the ban and desysopping but declining to provide further detail.[5]
- On 11 June 2019, Fram posted a statement to Wikimedia Commons with his understanding of the reasons behind the ban, and giving the WMF permission to post his email communication with them regarding the subject.[1] As of this writing, the WMF has not disputed any portion of this statement.