Congratulations to everyone and happy about Chinmayee & gyana
Regards, Neechalkaran neechalkaran.com <http://www.neechalkaran.com/p/author.html> On Wed, 1 Apr, 2026, 4:33 pm Jinoy Tom Jacob via WikimediaIndia-l, < [email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations to everyone appointed to the 2026 Ombuds Commission. > > I would like to extend a special congratulations to Chinu and Gyana. It is > great to see you in your new roles on the Ombuds Commission and I wish you > all the best in this important work. > > Best regards, > *Jinoy* > [[User:Gnoeee]] > > > *Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to.Every 3000 > sheets consume a tree. Conserve Trees for a better tomorrow!* > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Karen Brown via Wikimedia-l <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 at 10:09 > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the 2026 Ombuds Commission > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Cc: Karen Brown <[email protected]> > > > Hello, everyone! I'm writing with information about the Ombuds Commission > (OC), the small group of volunteers who investigate complaints about > violations of the privacy policy, and in particular concerning the use of > CheckUser and Oversight tools, on any Wikimedia project for the Board of > Trustees. I apologize for the length of the announcement. :) > > The application period for new commissioners for 2026-28 recently closed. > The Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and > insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work. > > This year’s OC will consist of eleven full members, one advisory member, > and one Steward-Observer. > > I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2026 OC: > > Appointees for 2026-28 > > ===Ameisenigel === > > Ameisenigel (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ameisenigel>) - > Ameisenigel has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2015. He is primarily > active on German Wikipedia, where he served as an Arbitrator from 2020 to > 2022 and from 2023 to 2025, and on Wikidata and is an administrator on both > projects. He is an Oversighter on Wikidata and also serves as a Global > Sysop. Ameisenigel speaks German and English. He has been on the Ombuds > Commission since 2021 and his current term expires in 2028. > > ===Arcticocean=== > > Arcticocean (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Arcticocean>) - > Arcticocean has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2008. He is primarily > active on Meta and English Wikipedia, where he is an administrator and > previously a Checkuser, Oversighter and Arbitrator. Arcticocean served on > the Ombuds Commission in 2020 and 2021 and again in 2023-24 and was the > Commission's first chairperson. His current term on the Ombuds Commission > expires in 2028. > > ===Chinmayee Mishra=== > > Chinmayee is an Indian engineer and Wikimedian active since 2016, > supporting open knowledge, regional language content, inclusive community > development, initiatives focused on gender equity and community engagement > within the Wikimedia movement. Her term on the Ombuds Commission expires in > 2028. > > ===Faendalimas=== > > Faendalimas (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Faendalimas>) - > Scott Thomson, user:Faendalimas, has been editing Wikimedia projects since > 2006. Originally Australian though based in Brazil, he is a taxonomist and > evolutionary biologist with a background in International Wildlife Policy > with current international memberships to the IUCN Climate Crisis > Commission and the Catalogue of Life Global Team specializing in > Governance. His main editing interest is reptiles and amphibians, > particularly their nomenclature and classification. He is most active on > WikiSpecies, where he is a bureaucrat, Checkuser, and administrator. > Faendalimas speaks Portuguese and English. He has served on the Ombuds > Commission since 2021 and as Chair from 2022 to 2023 and again from > 2025-2026, and his current term expires in 2028. > > ===Jnanaranjan Sahu=== > > Jnanaranjan Sahu (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth?target=Jnanaranjan+sahu>) > - Gyana has been involved with Wikimedia since 2011, serving as an admin > and interface admin on Odia Wikipedia. He is a member and contact person of > the [[Odia Wikimedians User Group]], a member of the [[Indic MediaWiki > Developers User Group]], and part of the [[Grants:Regions/South Asia|South > Asia Regional Committee]] (RFC). He builds tools on Toolforge, runs a bot > (Jnanabot), mentors at Indic hackathons, and regularly uploads and > categorizes event photos to Wikimedia Commons. His current term on Ombuds > Commission expires in 2028. > > ===Mehman=== > > Mehman (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth?target=Mehman>) - > Mehman Ibragimov (user:Mehman) – joined Wikimedia projects in 2016, and his > home wiki is Georgian Wikipedia, where he is most active. Since 2022, he > has been the administrator of the Georgian Wikipedia. Since 2020, Mehman > has been a member of AffCom, where he participates in the recognition > subcommittee. From 2019 to 2023, he was the head and a member of the BoT of > the Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia. Since 2023, he has been the > executive director of the newly recognized chapter – Wikimedia Georgia. His > current term on the Ombuds Commission expires in 2028. > > ===MrJaroslavik=== > > MrJaroslavik (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth?target=MrJaroslavik>) > has been a member of the Wikimedia community since 2017, primarily active > on the Czech Wikipedia. He focuses on countering vandalism and serves as a > Global Rollbacker. In 2021, he served as a member of the Ombuds Commission. > His new term on the Ombuds Commission expires in 2028. > > ===Nehaoua=== > > Nehaoua (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Nehaoua>) - Nehaoua > holds a master's degree in Highway and Bridge Engineering and currently > works as a Civil Engineer. However, his true passion lies with knowledge > and its free access for all. Since 2009, Nehaoua has been an active > Wikimedian, contributing significantly across various projects like French > and Arabic Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource, and Wiktionary. Nehaoua is > fluent in Arabic and French, and is actively improving his English language > skills. He is renewing his term on the Ombuds Commission and his term will > now expire in 2028. > > ===RoySmith=== > > RoySmith (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/RoySmith>) - Roy > Smith has been editing Wikipedia since 2004. He has been an admin on > English Wikipedia since 2005 and a checkuser since 2021. Previously an > active sockpuppet hunter, as of late 2023, he has dialed that back to > concentrate more on content creation. He has recently passed the 100,000 > edit mark on English Wikipedia. He is renewing his term on the Ombuds > Commission and his term will now expire in 2028. > > > Remaining on the committee through 2027 > > ===Revi C.=== > > Revi C. (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Revi_C.>) - revi > started editing Korean Wikipedia in 2013, and became an admin on that wiki > a year later. revi also serves as an oversighter there since 2018, and has > been a Commons admin since early 2014. revi also served as an admin on > Wikidata for 10 years (2013~2023), steward for 5 years (2018~2023), and > admin on Meta for 9 years (2014~2023). On-wiki, revi is mostly interested > in janitorial, anti-spam work and copyright stuff. His current term on OC > ends in 2027. > > ===Zafer=== > > Zafer (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Zafer>) - Zafer has > been contributing to Wikimedia projects as a volunteer since 2008 and he is > one of the founding members of the Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey > since 2016. He is primarily active on Turkish Wikipedia, Wikidata and > Commons, and he holds admin on Wikidata. He checks recent changes and new > articles at Turkish Wikipedia and is specifically interested in sports > related articles. He contributes wiki projects also by taking photos and > uploading with free licences. This is Zafer's first year on OC and his term > expires in 2027. > > Transitioning to an advisory (non-voting) role > > ===Teles=== > > Teles (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Teles>) - Lucas is a > Brazilian doctor that became a Wikipedian in 2007 and started to engage > with CheckUser rights in 2009, when he became a local CU on the Portuguese > Wikipedia. He held both Oversight and Checkuser rights on Ptwiki for many > years, in different terms. He is currently an administrator on Meta, > Commons and Ptwiki. In 2012, the global community elected him as a steward, > a position he held for more than ten years, until asking removal in 2024. > He has previously served the Ombuds Commission for three consecutive years. > Today, he focuses on his work at AffCom advisoring, global renaming, > occasional anti-vandalism work, translating medical content from English to > Portuguese Wikipedia. His current term on OC ends in 2027. > > Steward-Observer > > The Steward-Observer serves as a liaison between the Ombuds Commission and > the Stewards. The Steward-Observer is a non-voting, advisory role. The > Steward-Observer was nominated by the Stewards and is appointed by the > Wikimedia Foundation to a one-year term. This year's Steward-Observer is… > > ===Mykola7=== > > Mykola (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth?target=Mykola7>) has > been contributing to Wikimedia projects since 2018. He has been a steward > since February 2023, and was previously a global sysop, rollbacker, and > renamer. Mykola is an administrator, bureaucrat, and checkuser on the > Ukrainian Wikipedia, and an administrator on Meta-Wiki. He also served as > an Ombud for the Ombuds Commission from 2022 to 2023. His term as an > observer on the Ombuds Commission runs until 2027. > > Departing members > > Please join me in thanking the following volunteers who are leaving OC, > who have given substantially of their time to serve the commission: > > ===だ＊ぜ=== > > だ＊ぜ (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/%E3%81%A0%EF%BC%8A%E3%81%9C>) > - だ＊ぜ, who also may be referred to as Dasze, has been contributing to > Wikimedia since 2015. He's primarily active on Chinese Wikimedia projects, > where he later served as a director of Wikimedia Community User Group Hong > Kong from 2019 to 2023 while users in Hong Kong were suffering various > affection in and out of Wikimedia projects. His expertise is international > law, human rights law, and statistical and quantitative analysis thereon. > He speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, English and some Japanese. > Dasze resigned from the Ombuds Commission in 2026. > > ===Emufarmers=== > > Emufarmers (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Emufarmers>) - > Emufarmers has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2005. He is a > Metapedian who primarily edits the English Wikipedia; he is also a > bureaucrat and sysop on MediaWiki.org, and has provided software support to > many third-party, non-Wikimedia wikis over the years. He has served as a > VRTS administrator since 2015 and has been on the Elections Committee since > 2023. He served on the Ombuds Commission from 2019-2021 and again in > 2023-24. His term on OC expired in 2026. > > ===Renvoy=== > > Renvoy (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Renvoy>) - Renvoy > has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2014. He is primarily active on > Ukrainian Wikipedia, where he serves as administrator. Also he holds roles > of global sysop and global rollbacker. Renvoy speaks Ukrainian, Russian, > English, Polish and Lithuanian. His term on OC expired in 2026. > > ===Vermont=== > > Vermont (global account information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Vermont>) - Vermont > (they/them) has been contributing to Wikimedia projects since 2016. They > have been a steward since February 2022, and previously a global sysop and > rollbacker. Vermont is an administrator and checkuser on Meta-Wiki and the > Simple English Wikipedia, and formerly volunteered on the UCoC Phase 2 and > Revisions drafting committees. They served as Steward-Observer for the > Ombuds Commission from 2023-25 as well. Vermont's term as Steward-Observer > expired in 2026. > > -- > Karen Brown > Trust & Safety Specialist > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/AWCSRY74OEVNR4AGFGAZSCDUSE3GBJD3/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaIndia-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaindia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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