That could indeed happen, James. :)
Apropos, thanks to everyone currently or formerly at WMF who worked with (and for ;) ) us during that time! It was a pleasure.
And, of course, congrats to the new and remaining members of the OC!
Th.
2016-02-01 20:13 GMT+01:00 James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org:
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@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@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
Board of Trustees.
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_the_Scope_of_the_Om...
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
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.
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