[WikiEN-l] The Wikipedia Ombudsman
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Mon Jan 9 17:53:35 UTC 2006
Sam Korn wrote:
>On 1/8/06, Peter Mackay <peter.mackay at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>
>>So you wouldn't be happy to volunteer for the position and take some
>>of the workload off Jimbo?
>>
>>
>Take some of the workload off Jimbo, yes. Take the crap that would
>come with the position, no.
>
Such an ombudsman needs the authority to take unpopular actions without
fear that someone will whinge his way into having Jimbo overrule what he
does. He needs to be able to confront anybody, but be seen as fair at
the same time.
Ec
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