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(Reuters) – The foundation that operates Wikipedia will launch its first global code of conduct on Tuesday, seeking to address criticism that it has failed to combat harassment and suffers from a lack of diversity.<\/p>

A Wikipedia webpage in use on a laptop computer is seen in this photo illustration. REUTERS\/Gary Cameron <\/figcaption>

\u201cWe need to be much more inclusive,\u201d said Mar\u00eda Sefidari, the chair of board of trustees for the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. \u201cWe are missing a lot of voices, we\u2019re missing women, we\u2019re missing marginalized groups.\u201d<\/p>\n

Online platforms have come under intense scrutiny for abusive behavior, violent rhetoric and other forms of problematic content, pushing them to revamp content rules and more strictly enforce them.<\/p>\n

Unlike Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc which take more top-down approaches to content moderation, the online encyclopedia, which turned 20 years old last month, largely relies on unpaid volunteers to handle issues around users\u2019 behavior.<\/p>\n

Wikimedia said more than 1,500 Wikipedia volunteers from five continents and 30 languages participated in the creation of the new rules after the board of trustees voted in May last year to develop new binding standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a process of change throughout the communities,\u201d Katherine Maher, the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said in an interview with Reuters. \u201cIt took time to build the support that was necessary to do the consultations for people to understand why this is a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new code of conduct bans harassment on and off the site, barring behaviors like hate speech, the use of slurs, stereotypes or attacks based on personal characteristics, as well as threats of physical violence and \u2018hounding,\u2019 or following someone across different articles to critique their work.<\/p>\n

It also bans deliberately introducing false or biased information into content. Wikipedia is a relatively trusted site compared to major social media platforms which have struggled to curb misinformation.<\/p>\n

Maher said some users\u2019 concerns that the new rules meant the site was becoming more centralized were unfounded.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia has 230,000 volunteer editors who work on crowdsourced articles and more than 3,500 \u2018administrators\u2019 who can take actions like blocking accounts or restricting edits on certain pages. Sometimes, complaints are decided on by panels of users elected by the communities.<\/p>\n

Wikimedia said the next phase of the project would be working on the rules\u2019 enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cA code of conduct without enforcement…is not going to be useful,\u201d said Sefidari. \u201cWe\u2019re going to figure this out with the communities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Maher said there would be training for communities and interested task-forces of users.<\/p>\n

Wikimedia has no immediate plans to beef up its small \u2018trust and safety\u2019 team, a group of about a dozen staff which currently acts on urgent matters such as death threats or the sharing of people\u2019s private information, she said.<\/p>\n

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