Congratulation to all the new committee members.
On 2 February 2016 at 13:07, Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) <
nhasive(a)wikimedia.org.bd> wrote:
Congratulations to all new members.
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:13 AM, James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Thanks Patrick for all your work on this and
Congratulations to everyone
coming on board! Thank you Thogo, PhilKnight, Avraham and Alhen for your
work over the past years. I know I'll see you all around still :).
James Alexander
Manager
Trust & Safety
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Tanweer Morshed <wiki.tanweer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks Patrick for the announcement.
Congratulations to the new members
as
well as the returning members!
Regards,
Tanweer
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Patrick Earley <pearley(a)wikimedia.org
wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
>
> I'd like to announce the new and returning members of the 2016
Ombudsman
> Commission (OC), the small group of
volunteers who investigate
complaints
> about violations of the privacy policy, and
in particular concerning
the
> use of CheckUser and Oversight[1] tools, on
any Wikimedia project for
the
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_the_Scope_of_the_O…
> >
> > I apologize for the length of the announcement. :)
> >
> > The application period for new commissioners for 2016 recently
closed.
> The
> > Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced
and
> > insightful volunteers who offered to
assist with this work.
> >
> > As it has for the past few years, this year’s OC will consist of
seven
> > members, with a two-member advisory
team who will guide the new
> commission.
> >
> >
> > I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2016 OC. First, the
new
> > members are:
> >
> > -
> > User:Alan, who has been a registered Wikimedian for more than three
> years,
> > but an anonymous editor since 2006, working primarily across Spanish
> > language projects. He is a global sysop and global rollbacker, an
> > administrator on Commons, as well as having been an OTRS volunteer
for
~3
> > years. In the past he has served as an administrator and bureaucrat
on
> > Spanish Wikivoyage.
> > -
> >
> > User:NahidSultan, who has been volunteering on Wikimedia projects
since
2012. He is mostly active on Bengali Wikipedia,
Wikimedia Commons and
Meta,
> where he holds administrator rights. Besides these roles, he is also
part
> of OTRS, a small wiki monitoring team member
and a global
administrator.
> > Other than his online contributions to the movement, he is also
active
> > doing Wikimedia work offline, working
actively for the Wikimedia
> Bangladesh
> > chapter, where he currently serves as a Board member.
> > -
> >
> > User:Pajz, who has been an active contributor to the Wikimedia
projects
for
> almost a decade. Formerly a bureaucrat on the German-language
Wiktionary,
he has
since mainly focused on contributing to Wikipedia (mostly on
topics
> from economic theory and copyright law) and helping out on the
Volunteer
> > response team ("OTRS team"). He became a Wikipedia administrator and
a
>
Volunteer response team member in 2007, and has served as one of the
OTRS
> administrators.
>
> -
>
> User:Taketa, who has been a Wikimedian since 2008. He mostly works on
the
> Dutch Wikipedia, writing content and
organising projects. He was a
member
> > of the Dutch Wikipedia Arbitration Committee in 2009/10 and 2012/13.
> > Currently, he helps as Wikimedia steward, nlwiki bureaucrat,
listadmin
for
> the nlwiki admins and bureaucrats, OTRS volunteer and Wikidata admin.
>
>
> Returning members:
>
> User:Barras, who is primarily active on the Simple English Wikipedia
and
> > Meta. He’s a steward, an Oversighter on Simple English and Meta, and
> also a
> > Checkuser on Simple and Meta. Barras joined the OC in 2015.
> >
> >
> > User:Polimerek, who primarily edits Polish Wikipedia (where he is an
> admin
> > and former arbitrator), Polish Wikibooks and Wikimedia Commons. He
also
> > serves the Wikimedia movement as the
president of Wikimedia Poland
and
on
> the Grant Advisory Committee. He is a former
Checkuser. Polimerek
joined
> > the OC in 2014.
> >
> >
> > User:Rubin16, who primarily edits the Russian Wikipedia, where he is
a
> > bureaucrat and administrator. He is
formerly a member of their
> Arbitration
> > Committee. He is an administrator on Wikimedia Commons and is a
Central
>
Notice and translation admin on Meta. (He is also a translation admin
on
> > Commons.) He is a member of Wikimedia Russia, responsible for press
> > contacts and financial reporting.
> >
> > The 2016 OC’s advisors (this advisory role provides expertise when
> needed,
> > but does not participate in all discussions) are:
> >
> > -
> >
> > User:Gnom, who primarily edits German Wikipedia. Gnom, a licensed
> attorney,
> > has previously served Wikimedia as a legal intern for the Wikimedia
> > Foundation. In 2014, he was elected to the Board of Wikimedia
> Deutschland,
> > where he serves as co-Vice Chair. Gnom joined the OC in 2014.
> >
> > -
> > User:Huji, who primarily edits Farsi Wikipedia, where he is an
> > administrator, bureaucrat and former Checkuser. He has also
contributed
> > substantially to Simple Wikipedia,
English Wikipedia and Meta and is
a
>
Wikimedia developer contributing to MediaWiki and WMF Labs projects.
>
> -
> These volunteers' willingness to remain, to bring their familiarity
with
> > processes and their experience to the new arrivals, is greatly
> appreciated!
> >
> >
> > Please join me in thanking the following outgoing volunteers, who
have
>
given substantially of their time to serve the commission:
>
> -
> User:Alhen, who primarily edits Spanish projects. He is a bureaucrat
and
> administrator on the Spanish Wikipedia and
Spanish Wikibooks, and is
also
> an administrator on Commons. A prior member
of the Spanish ArbCom,
before
> > it was dismantled, he is a Checkuser on the Spanish Wikipedia.
> >
> > -
> > User:Avraham, a steward, who primarily edits English Wikipedia where
he
> is
> > a Checkuser, Oversighter, admin and bureaucrat. He also serves the
> Commons
> > as an admin and Oversighter and Meta as an admin. He joined the OC in
> 2014.
> >
> > -
> > User:PhilKnight, who primarily edits the English Wikipedia. A former
> member
> > of its arbitration committee and its mediation committee, he is also
a
>
Checkuser, Oversighter and administrator there.
>
> -
> User:Thogo primarily edits the German Wikipedia, where he is an
> administrator and former arbitrator, and has also focused on Meta. He
is
a
former steward and has served as an administrator
on several other
projects. He joined the OC in 2011.
-
I'd also like to say a hearty thank you to those returning and those
coming
> aboard for the first time, as well as to all those applied. Again, it
was
> > an extremely able group of volunteers, and while this mix of users
may
best
> serve the need for this year, I hope that those who applied will
consider
> > applying again in future years.
> >
> > --
> > Patrick Earley
> > Community Advocate
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > pearley(a)wikimedia.org
> > (1) 415 975 1874
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Tanweer
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