Congratulations to the new Ombuds commissioners, and thank you for the departing commissioners for their service. Wishing the best for the future of our community governance.
Best, *David W. Fisher-Freberg* meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:David_Wadie_Fisher-Freberg> id.wp <https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pengguna:David_Wadie_Fisher-Freberg> min.wp <https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangguno:David_Wadie_Fisher-Freberg> commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:David_Wadie_Fisher-Freberg> On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 7:43 PM Karen Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > I'm writing with information about the Ombuds 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 2021 recently closed. The > Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and > insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work. > > Because the OC may be asked to provide insights into community governance > issues tied into UCoC[1] phase two this year, we are experimenting with > expanding the Commission. This year’s OC will consist of ten members rather > than eight, 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. > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct > > I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2021 OC: > > Acagastya <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Acagastya> > > Agastya has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2014, and is primarily > active on English Wikinews serving as an administrator and has been > accredited reporter since 2017. Agastya is also active on Commons, and > speaks English, Hindi and Gujarati. > > AGK <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AGK> > > AGK has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2008. He is primarily active > on English Wikipedia, where he is an administrator, Checkuser, and > Oversighter and has served as an Arbitrator. AGK has been a member of the > Ombuds Commission since 2020. > > Ameisenigel <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ameisenigel> > > Ameisenigel has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2015. He is > primarily active on German Wikipedia, where he serves as an Arbitrator. He > is also active as an translation admin on Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and > on Meta. Ameisenigel speaks German and English. > Emufarmers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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. > > Faendalimas <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Faendalimas> > > Scott Thomson, user:Faendalimas, has been editing Wikimedia projects since > 2006. Based in Brazil, he is a taxonomist and evolutionary biologist and > his main editing interest is reptiles and amphibians. He is most active on > WikiSpecies, where he is a bureaucrat, Checkuser, and administrator. > > JJMC89 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JJMC89> > > JJMC89 has been contributing to Wikimedia projects since 2015. He is > primarily active on the English Wikipedia, where he has more than 300,000 > edits and is an administrator and bot operator, and Commons. He also serves > as a tool administrator on UTRS. > > Moheen <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Moheen> > > Moheen Reeyad, user:Moheen, has been contributing to Wikimedia projects > since 2010. He is active on Commons, Bengali Wikipedia, Wikidata, and > English Wikipedia and is an administrator on Commons and Bengali Wikipedia. > He is currently a Board member of Wikimedia Bangladesh and lives in > Chattogram. Moheen speaks Bengali and English. > > MrJaroslavik <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MrJaroslavik> > > MrJaroslavik has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2017. He is > primarily active on Czech Wikipedia and Meta. MrJaroslavik speaks Czech and > English. > > ProtoplasmaKid <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ProtoplasmaKid> > > Ivan has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2006. He is primarily > active on Spanish Wikipedia and Spanish Wikinews and as an administrator on > both of those projects. He helped found Wikimedia Mexico in 2011 and was > the Wikimania 2015 Chief Coordinator. He has participated in a number of > movement committees, including Grant Advisory Committee. He speaks English, > Portuguese, and Spanish. > > Superpes15 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Superpes15> > > Superpes15 has been contributing to Wikimedia projects since 2010. He is > primarily active on Italian Wikipedia and are a member of the Small Wiki > Monitoring Team. He is an administrator on Italian Wikipedia and serves as > a global renamer. He speaks Italian and English. > > > The 2021 OC advisors are: > Ajraddatz <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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 between 2014 and 2020, and a Meta > CheckUser since 2015. > > Galahad <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Galahad> > > Carlos, currently editing as user:Galahad, has been contributing to > Wikimedia Projects since 2009. He is a member of Wikimedia Venezuela and a > founding member of Wikimedia Small Projects User Group. He primarily > contributes to Spanish-language projects including Spanish Wikipedia and > Spanish Wikivoyage. He has been an administrator and bureaucrat of Spanish > Wikivoyage since 2013. He has served on the Ombuds Commission since 2019. > > Their willingness to remain, to bring their familiarity with processes and > their experience to the new arrivals, is greatly appreciated! > > Please join me in thanking the following volunteers who are leaving OC, > who have given substantially of their time to serve the commission: > > DeltaQuad <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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. She will continue to support the English Wikipedia > and reach out to global communities through her service and tools she > develops. > > Elmacenderesi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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. > > Taketa <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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 > held until 2020. He served on the Ombuds Commission for 2018. > > Uzoma Ozurumba <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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. She served on the OC in > 2020. > > Wikilover90 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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 > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore> and Wiki > Loves Women > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women_South_Asia_2020>. She > has been supporting in activating the Open Movement in North India via > various Open GLAM initiatives such as Heritage GLAM > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Heritage_GLAM>. She has served on the > Ombuds Commission since 2019. > ------------------------ > Thanks again to everyone who 's serving, is serving, or volunteered to > serve. And thanks to all of you for reading this wall of text! > > -Karen > > -- > Karen Brown > Trust & Safety Specialist > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > 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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >
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