[WikiEN-l] The Wikipedia Ombudsman

[Ray Saintonge]

Wikipedia Romania (Ronline) wrote:

>I guess many people would like to take on the function of the ombudsman, at
>least those of us who are committed to justice on Wikipedia in the light of
>recent admin and ArbCom action.
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Those who would most want the job may ipso facto not be the best for the 
job.

>Food for thought, though. Just how much crap does Jimbo get, just for being
>  
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>>who he is? My guess is that it's a lot.
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>Yes, I suppose it's a lot. That's why I don't think he should deal with
>cases that sometimes may seem quite trivial in the greater scheme of
>Wikipedia, but may be very important to particular users or the community.
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I would expect that a lot of that would be from outsiders who send him 
private e-mails.

For insiders Jimbo would probably need a boilerplate response like, "I 
have referred your complaint to the ombudsman, all future correspondence 
on this matter should be directed to him."  As long as that Jimbo even 
sporadically deals with user problems they will roll the dice to get his 
attention.

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