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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).

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: 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.

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.

If you would like to request advice or interpretations about the UCoC, you may start a section on the UCoC talk page. Not all requests for interpretations or advice will be answered. For requests that are answered, the U4C may offer informal responses (thoughts posted by individuals) or formal responses (a motion passed by the committee).

Users who would like to contact the committee with questions or to submit private evidence may do so by emailing u4cwikimedia.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.

Since the 2026 U4C election, the U4C has 14 voting members.

Member	Homewiki	Seat (Regional or Community at large)	Term		Status on 9 November 2026
	Start		End
Barkeep49	English Wikipedia	Community-at-large	June 15, 2024	June 14, 2027	Active
Borschts	Chinese Wikipedia	East, Southeast Asia, & Pacific (ESEAP)	June 15, 2026	June 14, 2028	Active
BRPever	Simple English Wikipedia	South Asia (SA)	June 30, 2025	June 14, 2027	Active
Civvì	Italian Wikipedia	Community-at-large	June 15, 2024	June 14, 2027	Active
EggRoll97	English Wikipedia	North America (USA and Canada)	June 15, 2026	June 14, 2028	Active
EPIC	Swedish Wikipedia	Community-at-large	June 15, 2026	June 14, 2028	Active
Ferien	Simple English Wikipedia	Community-at-large	June 15, 2026	June 14, 2028	Active
Ghilt	German Wikipedia	Northern and Western Europe (NWE)	June 15, 2024	June 14, 2028	Active
Luke081515	German Wikipedia	Community-at-large	June 15, 2024	June 14, 2027	Inactive
Superzerocool	Spanish Wikipedia	Latin America & Caribbean (LAC)	June 15, 2026	June 14, 2028	Active
Toadspike	English Wikipedia	Community-at-large	June 15, 2026	June 14, 2028	Active
ToprakM	Turkish Wikipedia	Central & Eastern Europe (CEE)	June 15, 2026	June 14, 2027	Inactive
Torque	Italian Wikipedia	Community-at-large	June 15, 2026	June 14, 2028	Inactive
기나ㅏㄴ	Korean Wikipedia	Community-at-large	June 15, 2026	June 14, 2027	Inactive

Non-voting members

• Ajraddatz, term expires 2 August 2028

WMF-appointed non-voting member

• Jrogers (WMF) (no set term) temporarily replaced by:
• PBradley-WMF

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

A timeline of U4C membership is below:

Regional seats:

• Middle East & North Africa
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Community at large seats:

• 0 vacant seats

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