[Wikimedia-l] Announcement of the 2020 Ombuds Commission

[Karen Brown]

Hello, everyone.

I'm writing with information about the Ombudsman 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 2020 recently closed. The
Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and
insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work.

As with last year, this year’s OC will consist of eight members, with a
two-member advisory team who will guide the new commission and also, if
necessary, fill in in the event that the OC is unable to act due to
incapacity or recusal.

I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2020 OC:
Ajraddatz 

Ajraddatz has been an active user on Wikimedia since 2010, and has served
in various roles of community trust in that time, including as a Wikidata
Oversighter since 2013, a steward since 2014, and a Meta CheckUser since
2015.

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 an
OTRS administrator since 2015. He has served on the Ombuds Commission since
2019.

DeltaQuad 

Amanda has been editing Wikipedia since 2009, when she made her first edits
to English Wikipedia. She has served many roles in the past including being
a sysop, holding advanced permissions and serving on an Arbitration
Committee for 4 years. Her work now focuses on the Ombudsmen Commission and
the re-development of a Global Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS).

Kelapstick 

Kelapstick has been a Wikimedian since 2006. He is primarily active on
English Wikipedia, where he is an Admin and former Oversighter and was an
Arbitrator between 2016 and 2018.

Taketa 

Taketa has been a Wikimedian since 2008 and has held a number of positions
in his time here, including Administrator and Bureaucrat on the Dutch
Wikipedia, Arbitrator on Dutch Wikipedia, Administrator on Wikidata,
Steward, and member of the Ombuds Commission. He has created about 7000 new
articles in several language Wikipedias. He currently serves on the board
of Wikimedia Belgium.

Teles 

Lucas 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 between 2015 and 2017,
when his term with the rights expired. He is currently an administrator on
Commons and Ptwiki. His traditional main focus has been on anti-vandalism
work. In 2012, the global community elected him as a steward, a position he
has held since. He served on the Ombuds Commission since 2018.

Uzoma Ozurumba 

Uzoma Ozurumba has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2017. She
contributes primarily to Meta, Commons, and the Igbo Wiktionary, of which
she is a founder. She is a co-founder of the Igbo Wikimedians User Group
and serves as a Strategy Liaison for that group.

Wikilover90 Rupika has
been editing Wikimedia projects since 2014. A free knowledge advocate, she
edits primarily on Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata and is administrator on
Punjabi Wikisource. She organizes events such as Wiki Loves Folklore
 and Wiki
Loves Women
. She has
been supporting in activating the Open Movement in North India via various
Open GLAM initiatives such as Heritage GLAM
. She has served on the
Ombuds Commission since 2019.  ---

The 2020 OC’s advisors are:
Elmacenderesi 

Elmacenderesi has been working on Wikimedia projects since 2007, primarily
on the Turkish Wikipedia. There, he has been a CheckUser and a Bureaucrat
since 2008 and an Oversighter since 2011. He is also a member of Wikimedia
OTRS and serves as a global outreach coordinator, working with academic
institutions and GLAMs, for The Wikipedia Library. He has served on the
Ombuds Commission since 2018.

Galahad 

Carlos, currently editing as user:Galahad, has been contributing to
Wikimedia Projects since 2009. He is a member of Wikimedia Venezuela and
Wikimedistas de Perú User Group. He 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Share your thoughts via email, join our office hours, and more

[Nicole Ebber]

Hello again,

A quick update regarding the office hours tomorrow: The second session
(at 18:00 UTC) will now be held on Zoom.

The new details are as follows:
Office hours option 1: Thursday, January 30 from 8:00 UTC (one hour):
https://meet.google.com/bmo-hwbe-cqr (please click "Request to join")
Office hours option 2: Thursday, January 30 from 18:00 UTC (one hour):
https://zoom.us/j/405278613

We look forward to seeing you!

Best,
Nicole

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 11:36, Nicole Ebber  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Community conversations are underway, and I’d like to thank everyone
> who has taken the time to read through the recommendations and provide
> input. Here are some further updates and insights:
>
> == Share your feedback about the recommendations via email ==
> We have heard many requests to be able to share feedback in a
> non-public forum, and you can now share your feedback with us via
> strategy2...@wikimedia.org.
>
> This account is monitored by members of my team [1] and your feedback
> will be considered in the summary report.
>
> == Ask us anything at the movement strategy office hours ==
> We’ve received lots of questions about how community input has been
> incorporated, who produced this work, and more, and set up office
> hours this week. Join in at the following times to ask your questions
> and discuss strategy:
> * Thursday, January 30 from 8:00 UTC (one hour):
> https://meet.google.com/_meet/bmo-hwbe-cqr
> * Thursday, January 30 from 18:00 UTC (one hour):
> https://meet.google.com/ycp-qtwg-eus
>
> In the meantime, here are a few quick notes of clarification for some
> common questions:
>
> === How has community input been incorporated? ===
> From March to September 2019, community input was documented and
> analyzed by a team of community strategy liaisons [2]. This was
> presented in a series of summary reports [3] and shared with working
> groups, who began working community feedback into their draft
> recommendations following Wikimania in August.
>
> To help create this current set of recommendations, community strategy
> liaisons again analyzed community feedback and compiled it according
> to key themes. Between October 2019 and January 2020, they worked very
> closely with the writers to help make sense of the feedback and assist
> them in integrating applicable community input.
>
> To highlight all the ways that community feedback was utilized, there
> are footnotes and community input summaries (linked in the left-hand
> navigation menu) on each recommendation page. All these reports and
> blog posts can be found on the reports page [4].
>
> === Who produced this work? ===
> A team of 15 Wikimedians [5] drafted this work. This writing group was
> made up of former thematic area working group members from different
> backgrounds and from all parts of our movement: online contributors,
> volunteers, affiliate representatives, and WMF staff. They have
> offered some insight into their work and why they took this on in
> their Writer’s Reflections [6].
>
> Check the FAQs page [7] for more, and suggest what questions we should add.
>
> == Additional formats for reviewing the recommendations ==
> If you would prefer to listen to, rather than read, the
> recommendations, we’ve created audio files in English for each section
> of the content [8].
>
> Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) has created a one-page summary of the
> recommendations that gives a good, compact overview of each
> recommendation. An updated version has been posted in Arabic [9],
> English [10], and Hindi [11] and further translations will be uploaded
> this week as they become available. I’d like to thank Andrew for this,
> and am looking forward to seeing more of these proactive initiatives
> from across the movement.
>
> Community conversations will run for another four weeks, and I
> encourage you to continue contributing your input about the
> recommendations [12]. We are especially looking for constructive
> feedback on how to improve the document or where more context is
> needed.
>
> Thanks for taking part and following along with what’s going on with
> movement strategy!
> Nicole
>
> [1] 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Strategy_core_team
> [2] 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Community_Strategy_Liaisons
> [3] 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports#Community_Conversations
> [4] 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports
> [5] 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Synthesis/Writers
> [6] 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Writers%27_Reflections
> [7] 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Frequently_asked_questions
> [8] 
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_2030_recommendations_in_audio
> [9] 
>