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===Nationalist governance capture in self-governed Wikipedia projects===
University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public, an interdisciplinary center involving UW's [[University of Washington Information School|Information School]], [[University of Washington School of Law|School of Law]], and Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, published a preprint titled [https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03616 "Governance Capture in a Self-Governing Community: A Qualitative Comparison of the Serbo-Croatian Wikipedias"] that examines capture of Wikipedia projects, focusing on Croatian Wikipedia. The paper found ...

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| text = [A] cabal [of nationalist editors] seized complete control of the governance of the encyclopedia, banned and blocked those who disagreed with them, and operated a network of fake accounts to give the appearance of grassroots support for their policies...
| source = [https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/01/17/croatia-wikipedia-nationalist-governance-capture/ CIP summary]
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The paper's findings diverge from those of the Foundation's own investigation in the way they focus on the capture of [[governance]] on Croatian Wikipedia as distinguished from other language-group wikis where it did not happen. The findings point at weak policies and norms that allowed capture to happen, especially the lack of policies around blocking, and the importance of integrity amongst the community's bureaucrats, who can grant and remove admin permissions. The authors state in the paper that it is the first academic work they know of "that has considered how distributed [[influence operations]] target, become deeply engaged with, and are facilitated by institutional and organizational arrangements within [[peer production]] communities like Wikipedia".

Related ''Signpost'' articles include [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-06-27/Disinformation report|"Croatian Wikipedia: capture and release"]] (Disinformation report, 2021-06-27) and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-11-28/Recent research#Wikimedia Foundation builds "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory" to enable communities to monitor at-risk Wikipedias|Wikimedia Foundation builds "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory" to enable communities to monitor at-risk Wikipedias]] (Recent research, 2022-11-28). – {{small|[[User:Bri|B]]}}


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Katherine Maher to head NPR

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No idea where to put this yet, here or In the media. Check Newsroom talk. Smallbones(smalltalk) 16:39, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Osama's 30th birthday – celebrated in jail

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According to an article in the German Kurier the Chinese Wikipedia will introduce probationary admins and an ArbCom.

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  • Justice for Osama and Ziyad. Oltrepier (talk) 19:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    +1. I just noticed he now has a biography: Osama Khalid. Andreas JN466 21:22, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    +2 Sandizer (talk) 22:47, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... at one independent affiliate event, the organization’s leaders brought in army members to do military style exercises with children, resulting in its suspension until new leadership was elected" -- Well then it wasn't independent, was it? Sandizer (talk) 22:47, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • With regard to the report on child rights, I wonder what the Foundation could possibly do about this point (from the exec summary)
Risk: Exposure to harmful content (CRC 19)
A child may be exposed to unwelcome and inappropriate content on the platform. Content that may be classified as “harmful” on pages of Wikimedia projects include bloody or violent images (e.g., medical images), content detailing self-harm or eating disorders, hateful or racist speech, pornography, sexually explicit images, and child sexual abuse material. JMWt (talk) 08:35, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are some interesting and possible recommendations mentioned in the previous 2022 Human Rights Impact Assessment:
  • Provide access to a geotargeted suicide prevention hotline at the top of the articles on Suicide Methods.
  • Create child safeguarding tools, including child-friendly guidance on privacy settings, data collection, reporting of grooming attempts, the forthcoming UCoC as well a “Child’s Guide to Editing Wikimedia Project” to help advance the right of children to be civically engaged.
The first one was "ongoing" and the second one was "no action and pending full child rights impact assessment", according to previous comments by WMF human rights team. Thanks. SCP-2000 14:01, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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