[WikiEN-l] The Wikipedia Ombudsman

[Ray Saintonge]

Sam Korn wrote:

>On 1/8/06, Peter Mackay <peter.mackay at bigpond.com> wrote:
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>>So you wouldn't be happy to volunteer for the position and take some of the
>>workload off Jimbo?
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>The main trouble is that Jimbo does have some kind of monarchical
>authority, that no appointed ombudsman could have.  Especially as the
>community would demand an election.
>
Jimbo could also overrule such a demand for a popularity contest.

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