[Foundation-l] checkuser

[Dan Rosenthal]

On Jul 28, 2007, at 7:13 PM, elisabeth bauer wrote:

> 2007/7/29, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com>:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I got several requests about this, so this mail is mostly to get the
>> ball rolling. Nothing urgent !
>>
>> Checkuser ombudsmen have been appointed now a year ago by the board.
>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Ombudsperson_checkuser
>>
>> I guess it is time for a renewal and little feedback on this, and  
>> more
>> generally, on checkusers.
>>
>> So, please reflect on the following points if appropriate
>
> I'd like to add one point:
> Could the ombudsmen please provide a report on the mailing list
> (without going into private details of course) how many cases they
> have handled, what have been the issues and how they have been
> resolved?
>
> greetings,
> elian
>
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I can't see why that would be necessary. Considering the ombudsman  
commission is there to investigate breaches of privacy policy,  
including potentionally litigious instances (as taken from the  
resolution), I don't see what's necessary out of that for the public  
to be aware of. I don't see much information would be available to be  
given about the cases individually due to privacy concerns: what  
little information would be left is what...how many cases there are?

-Dan Rosenthal