Hello Yaroslav, Yes, the Foundation's Community Engagement department, who are the most familiar with Wikimedia communities, reviewed the applications thoroughly. If you have concerns about a specific person, which obviously can't be discussed on a public list, I happy to discuss them with you privately.
2017-03-09 23:48 GMT-08:00 Yaroslav Blanter <ymb...@gmail.com>: > Thanks the coordinators. I do not know everybody on the list, but I > recognize there names of many excellent people. > > I also see there a name which has rung a bell for me, and the sound of the > bell was somewhat alarming. I checked and found indeed that the coordinator > has a sizable block log on the Russian Wikipedia, their home project, for > actions which include trolling and disruptive editing, and at some point > had to be placed under a topic ban. The most recent block is one and half > years ago. Which poses a natural questions whether the candidates were > actually screened. -- Guillaume Paumier _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
