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worked hard reviewing community input and making changes. They updated areas of concern, such as training and affirmation requirements, privacy and transparency in the process, and readability and translatability of the document
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Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion: UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.
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in improving coverage of worker organizations, strike actions and more! Stay tuned for the WikiProject Organized Labour report coming out in a future
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that she will move on to her "next adventure". She joined the Wikimedia Foundation in 2019, having previously served as head of the
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Amanda will be succeeded in her role as General Counsel by current Deputy General Counsel Stephen LaPorte (also known as
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Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
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at the Village Pump has been ongoing about the potential use of text generated by large language models (like
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will be starting on 5 February. Eligible candidates and voters are encouraged to participate after reading
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discussed the issue as well, going over the potential benefits, drawbacks and use cases for these models.
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The WMF has announced another vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct
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for the use of these models is under discussion (and, frankly, could use some more eyes on it).
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Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct
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8–9 January, with 173 !votes in favor of adminship, 80 opposed, and 15 neutral.
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explored some of these issues as they concern this publication; see the
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will undergo a second community-wide ratification vote. This follows
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Stephen LaPorte, the new WMF General Counsel as of 1 February, 2023
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Annual report from North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group
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will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023.
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Large language models on Knowledge (XXG): friends or foes?
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Note: JPxG, who wrote some of this section, also wrote
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describes a series of discussions which took place at
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Wiki Project Med Foundation publishes annual report
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