I was thinking the same thing. :) On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:16 PM, Philippe Beaudette <phili...@beaudette.me> 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" <kbr...@wikimedia.org> 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 (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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 (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dyolf77>) 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 (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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 (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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 (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Teles>) 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 (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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. Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff, (< > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G%C3%B3ngora>) primarily edits > > Spanish > > Wikipedia, Catalan Wikipedia and Norwegian bokmål Wikipedia. He has been > an > > administrator and bureaucrat on the Spanish Wikipedia since 2007, and an > > administrator on the Catalan Wikipedia from 2010 until 2017, where he is > > also a CheckUser. He was a member of the Spanish Arbitration Committee in > > 2008, before it was dismantled. He was a board member of Wikimedia España > > in 2011. He is currently a member of both Wikimedia España and Wikimedia > > Norge. > > > > And the following experienced OC members will be returning as *advisors > to > > the commission* (this advisory role provides expertise when needed, but > > does not participate in all discussions): > > > > *Pajz* > > Pajz (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pajz>) has edited the > Wikimedia > > projects since 2005. He was a Wikipedia administrator between 2007 to > 2016 > > and is a member of the Volunteer Response Team. He served as one of the > > OTRS administrators from 2013 to 2015, before being first appointed to > the > > Ombudsman Commission in 2016. > > > > *Krd* > > Krd (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Krd>), who is primarily > active > > on German Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, and also serves at the > Volunteer > > Response Team as an agent and OTRS admin, and was a prior member of > German > > Wikipedia Arbitration Committee for more than three years. He joined the > OC > > in 2017. > > > > And finally, please join me in *thanking the following outgoing > > volunteers*, > > who have given substantially of their time to serve the commission: > > > > *Vogone* > > Vogone (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vogone>) has contributed > to > > Wikimedia projects since early 2012. While they began their involvement > on > > the German Wikipedia, they quickly branched out to Wikibooks, Wikisource, > > Wikivoyage, and Wikiversity. They were the first bureaucrat on the > Wikidata > > project. Vogone has worked heavily assisting our smaller projects as a > > global rollbacker, global sysop, and member of the Small Wiki Monitoring > > Team. They have experience in translation administration, both on Meta > and > > translatewiki.net. Vogone has shown a keen interest in the technical > side > > of user privacy, including contributing to MediaWiki software around edit > > suppression. Vogone joined OC in 2017. > > > > *Richwales* > > Richwales (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales>) has been an > > active Wikimedian since 2005. He is an administrator, oversighter, and > > sockpuppet investigation clerk on the English Wikipedia. Richwales also > > served on the now-defunct Audit subcommittee, which served a similar role > > to the Ombudsman Commission. Rich joined the OC in 2017. > > > > *Alan* > > Alan (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alan>) has been a registered > > Wikimedian for more than three years, but an anonymous editor since 2006, > > working primarily across Spanish language projects. He is a global sysop > > and global rollbacker, an administrator on Commons, as well as having > been > > an OTRS volunteer for ~4 years. In the past he has served as an > > administrator and bureaucrat on Spanish Wikivoyage. He joined the OC in > > 2016. > > > > *Rubin16* > > Rubin16 (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rubin16>) primarily edits > > the Russian Wikipedia, where he is a bureaucrat and administrator. He is > > formerly a member of their Arbitration Committee. He is an administrator > on > > Wikimedia Commons and is a Central Notice and translation admin on Meta. > > (He is also a translation admin on Commons.) He is a member of Wikimedia > > Russia. He joined the OC in 2015. > > > > *Polimerek* > > Polimerek (<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek>) primarily > > edits Polish Wikipedia (where he is an admin and former arbitrator), > Polish > > Wikibooks and Wikimedia Commons. He also serves the Wikimedia movement as > > the president of Wikimedia Poland and on the Grant Advisory Committee. He > > is a former CheckUser. Polimerek joined the OC in 2014. > > > > --- > > > > I'd also like to offer a huge “thank you” to those returning and those > > coming aboard for the first time, as well as to all those applied. The > > applications we received this year showed us an extremely able group of > > volunteers across a diverse array of languages and projects, and while > this > > appointed mix of users may best serve the need for this year, I hope that > > those who applied and were not appointed will consider applying again in > > future years. > > > > Yours, > > Karen Brown > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Karen Brown <kbr...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > > *Hello all,* > > > > > [...] > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > _______________________________________________ > 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> > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ 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>
