From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Fred Bauder
Sent: Monday, 9 January 2006 17:06
To: English Wikipedia
Cc: Fred Bauder
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The Wikipedia Ombudsman
Actually I think you kind of have this backwards. Usually an
appeal is from a decision made by a specialized group to a
larger group which represents broader community opinion. You
have an appeal from a pretty large group to one person. How
about appeals being to the administrators as a group? If
there really is a consensus perhaps some way could be found
to express it.
An [[ombudsman]] isn't a judge or a government bureaucrat. An ombudsman is
independent, not part of some appeals process or another knot of red tape.
Nor do they have any special powers. Instead the function of an ombudsman is
to investigate complaints and facilitate redress through existing channels.
Peter (Skyring)