[Foundation-l] (volunteer) job position : Ombudsperson checkuser (or checkuser Ombudsperson or whatever)

Robert Scott Horning robert_horning at netzero.net
Fri Jun 16 16:33:00 UTC 2006


Samuel Klein wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Anthere wrote:
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>>The board regularly receives some complaints about checkuser activity
>>and what happened is either that no one look at the case, or look at
>>them poorly. In 95% of case, the "abuse" is imaginary; but we can not be
>>sure that one day there will not be a problem.
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>More or less than complaints about abuse of admin powers?
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>>PS : if necessary, set up a general email address for abuse reporting,
>>with an OTRS file.
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>A general abuse-l at wikimedia.org / OTRS queue might be broadly useful. 
>There are some similar processes for dealing with abuse complaints, 
>checkuser or no.
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>SJ
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I second this sentiment.  There is no reason why checkuser complaints 
ought to be singled out as something unique and special compared to 
other admin abuses.

-- 
Robert Scott Horning






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