Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the 2018 Ombuds Commission members

[Tanweer Morshed]

Wow! It's a team of highly experienced and committed Wikimedians.
Congratulations!!


On Thursday, February 1, 2018, Samuel Klein  wrote:

> I was thinking the same thing.  :)
>
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:16 PM, Philippe Beaudette  >
> wrote:
>
> > Great group!  This is such an important role, it's good to see serious
> > people filling it.
> >
> > On Jan 31, 2018 3:47 PM, "Karen Brown"  wrote:
> >
> > > Apologies for the broken formatting in my original message! I forgot
> how
> > > Mailman handles HTML in messages. Please see below for (hopefully) a
> more
> > > legible version of the announcement:
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I am happy to announce the new and returning members of the 2018
> > 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[1] tools, on any Wikimedia project for
> the
> > > Board of Trustees.
> > >
> > > [1]
> > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_
> > > the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission
> > >
> > > I apologize for the length of the announcement. :)
> > >
> > > The application period for new commissioners for 2018 recently closed.
> > The
> > > Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and
> > > insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work. This year
> we
> > > received applications representing the widest variety of languages,
> > > projects, and regions I’ve seen since I started working with the
> > committee
> > > three years ago.
> > >
> > > Given the increasing caseload OC has been handing year over year, we
> have
> > > decided to take advantage of the opportunity the diverse candidate pool
> > > afforded us and expand the committee by one seat; this year’s OC will
> > > consist of eight, rather than seven, members, with a two-member
> advisory
> > > team who will guide the new commission.
> > >
> > > I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2018 OC. First, the
> *new
> > > members* are:
> > >
> > > *Billinghurst*
> > > Billinghurst () is
> a
> > > long-term Metapedian/Wikimedian who served as a steward from 2012 to
> 2016
> > > and still serves as a global sysop. He considers his home wiki to be
> the
> > > English Wikisource where he's performed over 260,000 edits and focuses
> on
> > > transcribing biographical reference data from the 19th and early 20thC.
> > In
> > > addition, however, to serving as a local administrator on Wikisource he
> > > also holds the sysop hat on Commons, Meta and the English Wikipedia
> > racking
> > > up almost 700,000 edits across the projects with almost a million edits
> > > when you count his bot. He claims to still have a bit of wisdom and
> > > knowledge to give.
> > >
> > > *Jamie Tubers*
> > > Sam, who edits as Jamie Tubers (<
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jamie_Tubers>), joined the
> English
> > > language Wikipedia community in 2011 and has over the years expanded
> his
> > > activities into a wide range of movement activities including
> co-founding
> > > the Wikimedia user group Nigeria and helping to organize events like
> Wiki
> > > Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Women. He is dedicated to correcting our
> > > content gaps and biases related to Africa and raising awareness of the
> > > projects on the continent.
> > >
> > > *Dyolf77*
> > > Habib () started editing
> > in
> > > 2010 and has been heavily engaged in community affairs, both onwiki and
> > as
> > > part of user groups, for years. A native of Tunisia, he has been a
> > > free-culture advocate on a wide range of issues in and beyond the
> > movement.
> > > Onwiki, you can mainly find him helping out on Commons, where he is a
> > > sysop, as well as the Arabic and French language editions of Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > *Saileshpat*
> > > Saileshpat () started
> > > editing Wikipedia in 2012 and soon became deeply involved in the Odia
> > > community. He has helped organize outreach events and worked to spread
> > > awareness in his region. In addition he was one of the co-organizers of
> > > WikiConference India 2016. Saileshpat has helped in a content
> relicensing
> > > process, where the Government of Odisha decided to release content
> under
> > > Creative Commons licenses. Online he is mainly active on the Odia
> > Wikipedia
> > > and Commons.
> > >
> > > *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 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the 2018 Ombuds Commission members

[Samuel Klein]

I was thinking the same thing.  :)

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:16 PM, Philippe Beaudette 
wrote:

> Great group!  This is such an important role, it's good to see serious
> people filling it.
>
> On Jan 31, 2018 3:47 PM, "Karen Brown"  wrote:
>
> > Apologies for the broken formatting in my original message! I forgot how
> > Mailman handles HTML in messages. Please see below for (hopefully) a more
> > legible version of the announcement:
> > ---
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am happy to announce the new and returning members of the 2018
> 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[1] tools, on any Wikimedia project for the
> > Board of Trustees.
> >
> > [1]
> > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_
> > the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission
> >
> > I apologize for the length of the announcement. :)
> >
> > The application period for new commissioners for 2018 recently closed.
> The
> > Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and
> > insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work. This year we
> > received applications representing the widest variety of languages,
> > projects, and regions I’ve seen since I started working with the
> committee
> > three years ago.
> >
> > Given the increasing caseload OC has been handing year over year, we have
> > decided to take advantage of the opportunity the diverse candidate pool
> > afforded us and expand the committee by one seat; this year’s OC will
> > consist of eight, rather than seven, members, with a two-member advisory
> > team who will guide the new commission.
> >
> > I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2018 OC. First, the *new
> > members* are:
> >
> > *Billinghurst*
> > Billinghurst () is a
> > long-term Metapedian/Wikimedian who served as a steward from 2012 to 2016
> > and still serves as a global sysop. He considers his home wiki to be the
> > English Wikisource where he's performed over 260,000 edits and focuses on
> > transcribing biographical reference data from the 19th and early 20thC.
> In
> > addition, however, to serving as a local administrator on Wikisource he
> > also holds the sysop hat on Commons, Meta and the English Wikipedia
> racking
> > up almost 700,000 edits across the projects with almost a million edits
> > when you count his bot. He claims to still have a bit of wisdom and
> > knowledge to give.
> >
> > *Jamie Tubers*
> > Sam, who edits as Jamie Tubers (<
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jamie_Tubers>), joined the English
> > language Wikipedia community in 2011 and has over the years expanded his
> > activities into a wide range of movement activities including co-founding
> > the Wikimedia user group Nigeria and helping to organize events like Wiki
> > Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Women. He is dedicated to correcting our
> > content gaps and biases related to Africa and raising awareness of the
> > projects on the continent.
> >
> > *Dyolf77*
> > Habib () started editing
> in
> > 2010 and has been heavily engaged in community affairs, both onwiki and
> as
> > part of user groups, for years. A native of Tunisia, he has been a
> > free-culture advocate on a wide range of issues in and beyond the
> movement.
> > Onwiki, you can mainly find him helping out on Commons, where he is a
> > sysop, as well as the Arabic and French language editions of Wikipedia.
> >
> > *Saileshpat*
> > Saileshpat () started
> > editing Wikipedia in 2012 and soon became deeply involved in the Odia
> > community. He has helped organize outreach events and worked to spread
> > awareness in his region. In addition he was one of the co-organizers of
> > WikiConference India 2016. Saileshpat has helped in a content relicensing
> > process, where the Government of Odisha decided to release content under
> > Creative Commons licenses. Online he is mainly active on the Odia
> Wikipedia
> > and Commons.
> >
> > *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.
> >
> > *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 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the 2018 Ombuds Commission members

[Philippe Beaudette]

Great group!  This is such an important role, it's good to see serious
people filling it.

On Jan 31, 2018 3:47 PM, "Karen Brown"  wrote:

> Apologies for the broken formatting in my original message! I forgot how
> Mailman handles HTML in messages. Please see below for (hopefully) a more
> legible version of the announcement:
> ---
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am happy to announce the new and returning members of the 2018 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[1] tools, on any Wikimedia project for the
> Board of Trustees.
>
> [1]
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_
> the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission
>
> I apologize for the length of the announcement. :)
>
> The application period for new commissioners for 2018 recently closed. The
> Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and
> insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work. This year we
> received applications representing the widest variety of languages,
> projects, and regions I’ve seen since I started working with the committee
> three years ago.
>
> Given the increasing caseload OC has been handing year over year, we have
> decided to take advantage of the opportunity the diverse candidate pool
> afforded us and expand the committee by one seat; this year’s OC will
> consist of eight, rather than seven, members, with a two-member advisory
> team who will guide the new commission.
>
> I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2018 OC. First, the *new
> members* are:
>
> *Billinghurst*
> Billinghurst () is a
> long-term Metapedian/Wikimedian who served as a steward from 2012 to 2016
> and still serves as a global sysop. He considers his home wiki to be the
> English Wikisource where he's performed over 260,000 edits and focuses on
> transcribing biographical reference data from the 19th and early 20thC. In
> addition, however, to serving as a local administrator on Wikisource he
> also holds the sysop hat on Commons, Meta and the English Wikipedia racking
> up almost 700,000 edits across the projects with almost a million edits
> when you count his bot. He claims to still have a bit of wisdom and
> knowledge to give.
>
> *Jamie Tubers*
> Sam, who edits as Jamie Tubers (<
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jamie_Tubers>), joined the English
> language Wikipedia community in 2011 and has over the years expanded his
> activities into a wide range of movement activities including co-founding
> the Wikimedia user group Nigeria and helping to organize events like Wiki
> Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Women. He is dedicated to correcting our
> content gaps and biases related to Africa and raising awareness of the
> projects on the continent.
>
> *Dyolf77*
> Habib () started editing in
> 2010 and has been heavily engaged in community affairs, both onwiki and as
> part of user groups, for years. A native of Tunisia, he has been a
> free-culture advocate on a wide range of issues in and beyond the movement.
> Onwiki, you can mainly find him helping out on Commons, where he is a
> sysop, as well as the Arabic and French language editions of Wikipedia.
>
> *Saileshpat*
> Saileshpat () started
> editing Wikipedia in 2012 and soon became deeply involved in the Odia
> community. He has helped organize outreach events and worked to spread
> awareness in his region. In addition he was one of the co-organizers of
> WikiConference India 2016. Saileshpat has helped in a content relicensing
> process, where the Government of Odisha decided to release content under
> Creative Commons licenses. Online he is mainly active on the Odia Wikipedia
> and Commons.
>
> *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.
>
> *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. 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.
>
> In addition, experienced OC members Lankiveil and Góngora will be
> *returning
> as 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the 2018 Ombuds Commission members

[Karen Brown]

Apologies for the broken formatting in my original message! I forgot how
Mailman handles HTML in messages. Please see below for (hopefully) a more
legible version of the announcement:
---

Hello all,

I am happy to announce the new and returning members of the 2018 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[1] tools, on any Wikimedia project for the
Board of Trustees.

[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission

I apologize for the length of the announcement. :)

The application period for new commissioners for 2018 recently closed. The
Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and
insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work. This year we
received applications representing the widest variety of languages,
projects, and regions I’ve seen since I started working with the committee
three years ago.

Given the increasing caseload OC has been handing year over year, we have
decided to take advantage of the opportunity the diverse candidate pool
afforded us and expand the committee by one seat; this year’s OC will
consist of eight, rather than seven, members, with a two-member advisory
team who will guide the new commission.

I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2018 OC. First, the *new
members* are:

*Billinghurst*
Billinghurst () is a
long-term Metapedian/Wikimedian who served as a steward from 2012 to 2016
and still serves as a global sysop. He considers his home wiki to be the
English Wikisource where he's performed over 260,000 edits and focuses on
transcribing biographical reference data from the 19th and early 20thC. In
addition, however, to serving as a local administrator on Wikisource he
also holds the sysop hat on Commons, Meta and the English Wikipedia racking
up almost 700,000 edits across the projects with almost a million edits
when you count his bot. He claims to still have a bit of wisdom and
knowledge to give.

*Jamie Tubers*
Sam, who edits as Jamie Tubers (<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jamie_Tubers>), joined the English
language Wikipedia community in 2011 and has over the years expanded his
activities into a wide range of movement activities including co-founding
the Wikimedia user group Nigeria and helping to organize events like Wiki
Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Women. He is dedicated to correcting our
content gaps and biases related to Africa and raising awareness of the
projects on the continent.

*Dyolf77*
Habib () started editing in
2010 and has been heavily engaged in community affairs, both onwiki and as
part of user groups, for years. A native of Tunisia, he has been a
free-culture advocate on a wide range of issues in and beyond the movement.
Onwiki, you can mainly find him helping out on Commons, where he is a
sysop, as well as the Arabic and French language editions of Wikipedia.

*Saileshpat*
Saileshpat () started
editing Wikipedia in 2012 and soon became deeply involved in the Odia
community. He has helped organize outreach events and worked to spread
awareness in his region. In addition he was one of the co-organizers of
WikiConference India 2016. Saileshpat has helped in a content relicensing
process, where the Government of Odisha decided to release content under
Creative Commons licenses. Online he is mainly active on the Odia Wikipedia
and Commons.

*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.

*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. 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.

In addition, experienced OC members Lankiveil and Góngora will be *returning
as members of the Ombuds Commission*:

*Lankiveil*
Lankiveil () is a long-term
user, admin, and oversighter on the English Wikipedia, having made his
first edits in 2004. He served on the Ombuds Commission in 2017, and is
also an OTRS volunteer. He also sometimes edits at Irish Wikipedia, and

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing the 2018 Ombuds Commission members

[Karen Brown]

*Hello all,I am happy to announce the new and returning members of the 2018
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[1] tools, on any Wikimedia
project for the Board of Trustees.[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission
I
apologize for the length of the announcement. :)The application period for
new commissioners for 2018 recently closed. The Wikimedia Foundation is
extremely grateful to the many experienced and insightful volunteers who
offered to assist with this work. This year we received applications
representing the widest variety of languages, projects, and regions I’ve
seen since I started working with the committee three years ago.Given the
increasing caseload OC has been handing year over year, we have decided to
take advantage of the opportunity the diverse candidate pool afforded us
and expand the committee by one seat; this year’s OC will consist of eight,
rather than seven, members, with a two-member advisory team who will guide
the new commission.I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2018 OC.
First, the new members are:Billinghurst
Billinghurst is a
long-term Metapedian/Wikimedian who served as a steward from 2012 to 2016
and still serves as a global sysop. He considers his home wiki to be the
English Wikisource where he's performed over 260,000 edits and focuses on
transcribing biographical reference data from the 19th and early 20thC. In
addition, however, to serving as a local administrator on Wikisource he
also holds the sysop hat on Commons, Meta and the English Wikipedia racking
up almost 700,000 edits across the projects with almost a million edits
when you count his bot. He claims to still have a bit of wisdom and
knowledge to give. Jamie Tubers
Sam, who edits as Jamie
Tubers, joined the English language Wikipedia community in 2011 and has
over the years expanded his activities into a wide range of movement
activities including co-founding the Wikimedia user group Nigeria and
helping to organize events like Wiki Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Women. He
is dedicated to correcting our content gaps and biases related to Africa
and raising awareness of the projects on the continent.Dyolf77
Habib started editing in 2010
and has been heavily engaged in community affairs, both onwiki and as part
of user groups, for years. A native of Tunisia, he has been a free-culture
advocate on a wide range of issues in and beyond the movement. Onwiki, you
can mainly find him helping out on Commons, where he is a sysop, as well as
the Arabic and French language editions of Wikipedia.Saileshpat
Saileshpat started editing
Wikipedia in 2012 and soon became deeply involved in the Odia community. He
has helped organize outreach events and worked to spread awareness in his
region. In addition he was one of the co-organizers of WikiConference India
2016. Saileshpat has helped in a content relicensing process, where the
Government of Odisha decided to release content under Creative Commons
licenses. Online he is mainly active on the Odia Wikipedia and
Commons.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.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. 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.In addition,
experienced OC members Lankiveil and Góngora will be returning as members
of the Ombuds Commission:Lankiveil
Lankiveil is a long-term
user, admin, and oversighter on the English Wikipedia, having made his
first edits in 2004. He served on the Ombuds Commission in 2017, and is
also an OTRS volunteer. He also sometimes edits at Irish Wikipedia, and
Wikidata. He is a native speaker of Australian English and is a member of
Wikimedia Australia.Góngora
Góngora, J.