[WikiEN-l] The Wikipedia Ombudsman

[Jay Converse]

On 1/7/06, Wikipedia Romania (Ronline) <rowikipedia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi to all!
>
> I'd just like to let you know that I have proposed the structure of a
> Wikipedia Ombudsman, that would deal with any complaints leading from
> admin
> action and ArbCom cases. I think in recent times there has been a
> significant growth in the number of users who have either left the project
> or felt very badly treated due to administrator actions and ArbCom
> rulings.
> I'm not trying to blame either the administrator function - I'm an admin
> myself - or the ArbCom; however, I think an Ombudsman is necessary to deal
> in an effective and fair way with all of the complaints. To compound this,
> I
> think the transparency and accountability of some admin and ArbCom actions
> is quite unacceptable, IMO. The Ombudsman structure would seek to redress
> this in a neutral and fair way, to ensure more decentralisation and
> stability for the community (remember: alienation breeds conflict).
>
> So, please take a read of the Ombudsman proposal, at:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ombudsman
>
> Please make any comments on the talk page and feel free to add any main
> points to the project page.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ronline
> 2006. Hea energia aasta.
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I like this idea, but this sounds more to me like a PR spindoctor for the
ArbCom than anything else.  I don't know if we need more officials right
now, we're already pretty sticky in the beauracracy.

--
I'm not stupid, just selectively ignorant.