[Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2011-04-30 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi everyone, As you may be aware, we accepted with regret the resignation of one of the members of the ombudsman commission. Herbythyme will be missed. However, given the need to fill the seat, I asked for volunteers and received several very promising candidates, so this seemed a very good time

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman Commission

2011-01-30 Thread Casey Brown
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > They will serve for a term of one year. When does their term begin? If it's now then we need to ask a steward to remove the old ones from the global group and add in the new ones, but if it's not until later then we can wait. We also

[Foundation-l] Ombudsman Commission

2011-01-28 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi all, As the month draws to a close, I wanted to announce this year's ombudsman commission, and offer my thanks to those who have served on the commission for the past year. Outgoing commission members are: Carkuni, of jawiki DR, of ruwiki Elian, of dewiki Lar, of enwiki and commonswiki Palna

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-08-09 Thread Christophe Henner
2009/8/9 Peter Jacobi : > The issue is still unresolved. > > de:User:Mautpreller, who filed the original complaint, just affirmed > that there is still no answer. > > See > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Checkuser/Anfragen#Ombudskommission > > So, just doing nothing may be a way

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Jacobi
The issue is still unresolved. de:User:Mautpreller, who filed the original complaint, just affirmed that there is still no answer. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Checkuser/Anfragen#Ombudskommission So, just doing nothing may be a way of telling de:User:Mautpreller that hi

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-07-27 Thread Al Tally
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Casey Brown wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Al Tally > wrote: > > I notice, for example, that the enwiki > > based ombudsman, Sam Korn, has made just one edit this month. I think for > a > > role like this, it is necessary to be more active than that. >

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-07-27 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/7/28 Casey Brown : > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Al Tally wrote: >> I notice, for example, that the enwiki >> based ombudsman, Sam Korn, has made just one edit this month. I think for a >> role like this, it is necessary to be more active than that. >> > > I wouldn't necessarily define "a

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-07-27 Thread Casey Brown
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Al Tally wrote: > I notice, for example, that the enwiki > based ombudsman, Sam Korn, has made just one edit this month. I think for a > role like this, it is necessary to be more active than that. > I wouldn't necessarily define "active" by edits in this role, but

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-07-27 Thread Al Tally
This is strange - in times past, we have had only 3 ombudsmen at a time, and now we have five. Are they all fairly active? Do they want to continue this role? Have they all been contacted? I notice, for example, that the enwiki based ombudsman, Sam Korn, has made just one edit this month. I think f

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-07-27 Thread effe iets anders
I hope those procedures are fixed with a high priority. Because privacy is a serious issue, and users are referred to the ombudsmen committee often, assuming that is fully functional if necessary. If it is not, that means a lot more responsibility for the WMF, the stewards etc. Are the current memb

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-07-27 Thread Christophe Henner
2009/7/27 geni : > 2009/7/26 effe iets anders : >> Has this issue been resolved? I think it would be quite serious if the >> committee is not functioning, so would like to get some confirmation here. >> Thanks. >> >> Lodewijk >> > > Doesn't appear to be. > > -- > geni > > __

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-07-27 Thread geni
2009/7/26 effe iets anders : > Has this issue been resolved? I think it would be quite serious if the > committee is not functioning, so would like to get some confirmation here. > Thanks. > > Lodewijk > Doesn't appear to be. -- geni ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-07-26 Thread effe iets anders
Has this issue been resolved? I think it would be quite serious if the committee is not functioning, so would like to get some confirmation here. Thanks. Lodewijk 2009/7/18 Peter Jacobi > On dewiki there is a discussion whether the Ombudsman commission does > fulfill its mission. > > > http://d

[Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-07-18 Thread Peter Jacobi
On dewiki there is a discussion whether the Ombudsman commission does fulfill its mission. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Checkuser/Anfragen#Ombudskommission Some months ago there was a checkuser action which was questioned by some users and the Ombudsman commission was asked t

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-01-05 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
Michael Snow wrote: > Eia wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> A few days ago, the term for the ombudsman commission expired. >> Unfortunately, I missed an announcement about the commission for 2009. Could >> someone clarify who will be the 2009 members, and where the announcement >> (will be/is) made? >>

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-01-02 Thread Anders Wegge Keller
Michael Snow writes: > Rather, the point is that there's a sense the ombudsman commission, > as currently constituted, has not been a fully satisfactory answer > to the potential scope of issues. Now one reaction might simply be a > change in personnel, but I think this is an appropriate point to

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-01-02 Thread Michael Snow
effe iets anders wrote: > Hm, I always saw the ombudsman commission as a commission very different and > seperate from the whole commission structure. If I recall correctly, it was > mainly to fill a Real Gap, namely an option to file complaints for breach of > privacy policy. I think this clearly

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-01-02 Thread Michael Snow
Nathan wrote: > >From your comments, Michael, can we infer that you are considering making > the monitoring and enforcement of the privacy policy, and the subpolicy > [[m:checkuser]], a staff responsibility? > I suppose that's one possibility, but not one I was particularly focused on. Mike God

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-01-02 Thread effe iets anders
Hm, I always saw the ombudsman commission as a commission very different and seperate from the whole commission structure. If I recall correctly, it was mainly to fill a Real Gap, namely an option to file complaints for breach of privacy policy. I think this clearly defined mission is quite differe

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-01-02 Thread Nathan
>From your comments, Michael, can we infer that you are considering making the monitoring and enforcement of the privacy policy, and the subpolicy [[m:checkuser]], a staff responsibility? Nathan ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-01-02 Thread Michael Snow
Eia wrote: > Hi all, > > A few days ago, the term for the ombudsman commission expired. > Unfortunately, I missed an announcement about the commission for 2009. Could > someone clarify who will be the 2009 members, and where the announcement > (will be/is) made? > We're currently reevaluating th

[Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission

2009-01-02 Thread Eia
Hi all, A few days ago, the term for the ombudsman commission expired. Unfortunately, I missed an announcement about the commission for 2009. Could someone clarify who will be the 2009 members, and where the announcement (will be/is) made? Thanks, Lodewijk ___