Código de conducta universal de Wikimedia

¿Por qué tenemos un código de conducta universal?

Creemos que es necesario empoderar al mayor número posible de personas para participar de manera activa en los proyectos y espacios de Wikimedia, para alcanzar nuestra visión de un mundo en el que cualquiera pueda compartir la suma de todo el conocimiento humano. Consideramos que nuestras comunidades deben ser lo más diversas, inclusivas y accesibles posibles y queremos que aquellas sean espacios positivos y seguros para cualquiera que se una o desee unirse a ellas. Estamos comprometidos con que ello sea así a través de este código de conducta, el cual será revisado y actualizado cuantas veces sea preciso. Del mismo modo queremos proteger nuestros proyectos de aquellos que dañan o manipulan su contenido.

Conforme a la misión de Wikimedia, todos aquellos que participen en los proyectos y espacios de Wikimedia deberá:

Ayudar a crear un mundo en el que cualquiera pueda compartir libremente la suma de todo el conocimiento.
Ser parte de una comunidad global que tratará de evitar sesgos y prejuicios.
Y se esforzarán para lograr la precisión y la verificabilidad de todo su trabajo.

Este código universal de conducta establece una serie de directrices mínimas sobre comportamiento tanto esperado como inaceptable. Resulta de aplicación a todos los que interaccionen o contribuyan en los proyectos y espacios de Wikimedia, bien sean en línea o fuera de ella, a colaboradores nuevos y con experiencia, usuarios con determinados permisos avanzados en las distintas comunidades, organizadores y participantes en eventos así como a empleados y miembros del consejo de administración, tanto de Wikimedia como de sus organizaciones afiliadas. Resulta igualmente de aplicación a todos los proyectos Wikimedia, espacios técnicos, eventos persenciales y virtuales, así como a los siguientes:

Interacciones públicas, semipúblicas o privadas.
Discusiones sobre desacuerdos y expresión de solidaridad entre los miembros de la comunidad.
Cuestiones en materia de desarrollo técnico.
Aspectos sobre aportación de contenidos.
Al representar a los afiliados o comunidades con socios externos.

1 – Introducción

El código conducta universal establece unas directrices básicas de comportamiento para colaborar en los proyectos Wikimedia. Las distintas comunidades pueden desarrollar y establecer reglas adicionales que tengan en cuenta su contexto local y cultural, siempre que respeten los criterios de este código de conducta, al ser el estándar mínimo.

Este código de conducta universal resulta igualmente de aplicación a todos los que participen en los proyectos Wikimedia sin excepción alguna. El comportamiento contrario a las previsiones de este código puede acarrear sanciones, las cuales podrán ser impuestas bien por aquellos usuarios especialmente designados para tal fin por sus respectivas comunidades y/o por Wikimedia, como propietaria legal de la plataforma.

2 – Comportamiento esperado

Todo colaborador es responsable de su propio comportamiento, con independencia de que sea nuevo o experimentado, tenga o no permisos avanzados, o sea empleado o miembro del consejo de administración de Wikimedia o de cualquiera de sus organizaciones afiliadas.

En todos los proyectos, espacios y eventos de Wikimedia el comportamiento deberá basarse en el respeto, el civismo, la colegialidad, la solidaridad y la buena vecindad. Esto resulta de aplicación a todos los colaboradores y participantes en sus interacciones con otros sin tener en cuenta su edad, discapacidad física o mental, apariencia física, nacionalidad, religión, origen étnico o religioso, casta, clase social, fluidez en el uso de un idioma, sexo u orientación sexual, identidad o expresión de género o su campo profesional. No se permiten excepciones basadas en la posición, los logros o habilidade en los proyectos o el movimiento Wikimedia.

2.1 – Respeto mutuo

Esperamos que todos los colaboradores en los proyectos Wikimedia muestren respeto por los demás. Al comunicarnos dentro de espacios de Wikimedia, bien sean estos en línea o fuera de ella, habremos de respetarnos mutuamente.

Ello incluye, aunque no se limita a, lo siguiente:

Practice empathy. Listen and try to understand what Wikimedians of different backgrounds want to tell you. Be ready to challenge and adapt your own understanding, expectations and behaviour as a Wikimedian.
Assume good faith, and engage in constructive edits; your contributions should improve the quality of the project or work. Provide and receive feedback kindly and in good faith. Criticism should be delivered in a sensitive and constructive manner. All Wikimedians should assume unless evidence otherwise exists that others are here to collaboratively improve the projects, but this should not be used to justify statements with a harmful impact.
Respect the way that contributors name and describe themselves. People may use specific terms to describe themselves. As a sign of respect, use these terms when communicating with or about these people, where linguistically or technically feasible. Examples include:
- Ethnic groups may use a specific name to describe themselves, rather than the name historically used by others;
- People may have names that use letters, sounds, or words from their language which may be unfamiliar to you;
- People who identify with a certain sexual orientation or gender identity using distinct names or pronouns;
- People having a particular physical or mental disability may use particular terms to describe themselves
During in-person meetings, we will be welcoming to everyone and we will be mindful and respectful of each others’ preferences, boundaries, sensibilities, traditions and requirements.

2.2 – Civility, collegiality, mutual support and good citizenship

We strive towards the following behaviours:

Civility is politeness in behaviour and speech amongst people, including strangers.
Collegiality is the friendly support that people engaged in a common effort extend to each other.
Mutual support and good citizenship means taking active responsibility for ensuring that the Wikimedia projects are productive, pleasant and safe spaces, and contribute to the Wikimedia mission.

This includes but is not limited to:

Mentorship and coaching: Helping newcomers to find their way and acquire essential skills.
Looking out for fellow contributors: Lend them a hand when they need support, and speak up for them when they are treated in a way that falls short of expected behaviour as per the Universal Code of Conduct.
Recognize and credit the work done by contributors: Thank them for their help and work. Appreciate their efforts and give credit where it is due.

3 – Comportamiento inaceptable

The Universal Code of Conduct aims to help community members identify situations of bad behaviour. The following behaviours are considered unacceptable within the Wikimedia movement:

3.1 – Harassment

This includes any behaviour intended primarily to intimidate, outrage or upset a person, or any behaviour where this would reasonably be considered the most likely main outcome. Behaviour can be considered harassment if it is beyond what a reasonable person would be expected to tolerate in a global, intercultural environment. Harassment often takes the form of emotional abuse, especially towards people who are in a vulnerable position, and may include contacting workplaces or friends and family members in an effort to intimidate or embarrass. In some cases, behaviour that would not rise to the level of harassment in a single case can become harassment through repetition. Harassment includes but is not limited to:

Insults: This includes name calling, using slurs or stereotypes, and any attacks based on personal characteristics. Insults may refer to perceived characteristics like intelligence, appearance, ethnicity, race, religion (or lack thereof), culture, caste, sexual orientation, gender, sex, disability, age, nationality, political affiliation, or other characteristics. In some cases, repeated mockery, sarcasm, or aggression constitute insults collectively, even if individual statements would not.
Sexual harassment: Sexual attention or advances of any kind towards others where the person knows or reasonably should know that the attention is unwelcome or in situations where consent cannot be communicated.
Threats: Explicitly or implicitly suggesting the possibility of physical violence, unfair embarrassment, unfair and unjustified reputational harm, or intimidation by suggesting gratuitous legal action to win an argument or force someone to behave the way you want.
Encouraging harm to others: This includes encouraging someone else to commit self-harm or suicide as well as encouraging someone to conduct violent attacks on a third party.
Disclosure of personal data (Doxing): sharing other contributors' private information, such as name, place of employment, physical or email address without their explicit consent either on the Wikimedia projects or elsewhere, or sharing information concerning their Wikimedia activity outside the projects.
Hounding: following a person across the project(s) and repeatedly critiquing their work mainly with the intent to upset or discourage them. If problems are continuing after efforts to communicate and educate, communities may need to address them through established community processes.
Trolling: Deliberately disrupting conversations or posting in bad-faith to intentionally provoke.

3.2 – Abuse of power, privilege, or influence

Abuse occurs when someone in a real or perceived position of power, privilege, or influence engages in disrespectful, cruel, and/or violent behaviour towards other people. In Wikimedia environments, it may take the form of verbal or psychological abuse and may overlap with harassment.

Abuse of office by functionaries, officials and staff: use of authority, knowledge, or resources at the disposal of designated functionaries, as well as officials and staff of the Wikimedia Foundation or Wikimedia affiliates, to intimidate or threaten others.
Abuse of seniority and connections: Using one's position and reputation to intimidate others. We expect people with significant experience and connections in the movement to behave with special care because hostile comments from them may carry an unintended backlash. People with community authority have a particular privilege to be viewed as reliable and should not abuse this to attack others who disagree with them.
Psychological manipulation: Maliciously causing someone to doubt their own perceptions, senses, or understanding with the objective to win an argument or force someone to behave the way you want.

3.3 – Content vandalism and abuse of the projects

Deliberately introducing biased, false, inaccurate or inappropriate content, or hindering, impeding or otherwise hampering the creation (and/or maintenance) of content. This includes but is not limited to:

The repeated arbitrary or unmotivated removal of any content without appropriate discussion or providing explanation
Systematically manipulating content to favour specific interpretations of facts or points of view (also by means of unfaithful or deliberately false rendering of sources and altering the correct way of composing editorial content)
Hate speech in any form, or discriminatory language aimed at vilifying, humiliating, inciting hatred against individuals or groups on the basis of who they are or their personal beliefs
The use of symbols, images, categories, tags or other kinds of content that are intimidating or harmful to others outside of the context of encyclopedic, informational use. This includes imposing schemes on content intended to marginalize or ostracize.