Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is an enforcement structure dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC).

Functions and responsibilities

Policies, procedures and processes that guide the U4C’s work are defined in the Charter which was developed by a Building Committee and was ratified through a movement-wide vote in January-February 2024.

More in detail, functions and responsibilities of the Committee are described in Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of the Charter.

According to the Charter, the U4C:

  • Handles complaints and appeals in the circumstances outlined in the Enforcement Guidelines, including but not limited to:
    • Lack of local self-governance capacity to enforce the UCoC;
    • Consistent local decisions that conflict with the UCoC;
    • Refusal of local self-governance structures and teams to enforce the UCoC;
    • Lack of resources or lack of will to address issues that prevent the adequate enforcement of the UCoC through local self-governance processes;
  • Performs any investigations necessary to resolve said complaints and appeals;
  • Provides resources for communities on UCoC best practices, such as material for mandatory trainings, quality assurances for training resources created by movement members and organizations that go beyond the basic UCoC training material the U4C itself oversees, and other resources as needed;
  • Provides a final interpretation of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and the UCoC if the need arises, in collaboration with community members enforcement structures;
  • Assesses the effectiveness of UCoC enforcement and provides recommendations for improvement.

Note Note: The U4C will not take cases that do not primarily involve violations of the UCoC, or its enforcement.

The U4C is also responsible for organizing the annual review of the Universal Code of Conduct and its Enforcement Guidelines.

How to contact U4C

If you have a concern with Universal Code of Conduct enforcement or appeals, please file a case. Please note that the U4C only accepts private cases on an exceptional basis in situations where user privacy may be involved.

Users who would like to contact the committee with questions or to submit private evidence may do so by emailing u4c(_AT_)wikimedia.org. Please provide a brief (1-2 sentence) summary before providing details, and include any relevant links or screenshots in your initial email. This will help us to appropriately triage and respond to your request.

Members

Member Homewiki Seat
(Regional or Community at large)		 Term Status on
17 June 2026
Start End
Barkeep49English WikipediaCommunity-at-largeJune 15, 2024June 14, 2027 Active
BorschtsChinese WikipediaEast, Southeast Asia, & Pacific (ESEAP)June 15, 2026June 14, 2028 Active
BRPeverSimple English WikipediaSouth Asia (SA)June 30, 2025June 14, 2027 Active
CivvìItalian WikipediaCommunity-at-largeJune 15, 2024June 14, 2027 Active
EggRoll97English WikipediaNorth America (USA and Canada)June 15, 2026June 14, 2028 Active
EPICSwedish WikipediaCommunity-at-largeJune 15, 2026June 14, 2028 Active
FerienSimple English WikipediaCommunity-at-largeJune 15, 2026June 14, 2028 Active
GhiltGerman WikipediaNorthern and Western Europe (NWE)June 15, 2024June 14, 2028 Active
Luke081515German WikipediaCommunity-at-largeJune 15, 2024June 14, 2027 Inactive
SuperzerocoolSpanish WikipediaLatin America & Caribbean (LAC)June 15, 2026June 14, 2028 Active
ToadspikeEnglish WikipediaCommunity-at-largeJune 15, 2026June 14, 2028 Active
ToprakMTurkish WikipediaCentral & Eastern Europe (CEE)June 15, 2026June 14, 2027 Active
TorqueItalian WikipediaCommunity-at-largeJune 15, 2026June 14, 2028 Active
기나ㅏㄴKorean WikipediaCommunity-at-largeJune 15, 2026June 14, 2027 Active
Non-voting members
WMF-appointed non-voting member

For former members, see Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Membership.

Vacant seats

Regional seats:

  • Middle East & North Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa

Community at large seats:

  • 0 vacant seats

Global group

Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee members are added to a custom u4c-member global group, which grants them autoconfirmed access and the ability to view abuse filters, deleted content, and IP address information on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. Specifically, the group provides the following permissions:

  • Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
  • View hidden abuse log entries (abusefilter-hidden-log)
  • View the abuse log (abusefilter-log)
  • View detailed abuse log entries (abusefilter-log-detail)
  • View log entries of abuse filters marked as private (abusefilter-log-private)
  • View abuse filters (abusefilter-view)
  • View abuse filters marked as private (abusefilter-view-private)
  • Search deleted pages (browsearchive)
  • View IP addresses used by temporary accounts (checkuser-temporary-account)
  • Automatically reveal IP addresses used by temporary accounts (checkuser-temporary-account-auto-reveal)
  • View the checkuser log (checkuser-log)
  • View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
  • View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
  • Edit protected pages (semi protected) (editsemiprotected)
  • Retrieve information about IP addresses attached to revisions or log entries (ipinfo)
  • Access a full view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries (ipinfo-view-full)
  • Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA (skipcaptcha)

References

    Category:User groups#Universal%20Code%20of%20Conduct/Coordinating%20Committee Category:Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
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