Wow! It's a team of highly experienced and committed Wikimedians. Congratulations!!
On Thursday, February 1, 2018, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> -- Regards, Tanweer _______________________________________________ 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>
