+1, very good news. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] p.s. As an aside, the role of an "ombudsman" has come up in two other contexts (relating to actions of WMF personnel, rather than volunteer functionaries) on the Transparency Gap page started a couple weeks ago: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_transparency_gap
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Philippe Beaudette <phili...@beaudette.me> wrote: > This is excellent news, and has been years in the making. > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Tomasz Ganicz <polime...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks Dariusz. As not all members of the Ombudsman Commission subscribe > > this list, I forwarded this to them :-) > > > > > > > > 2016-01-14 15:58 GMT+01:00 Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl>: > > > > > hi, > > > > > > I'm writing to you to bring the news that, after a while of work and > > > discussion, the Board has finally addressed the need to amend the scope > > of > > > our Ombudsman Commission, following the community consensus from a > while > > > back [1] > > > < > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Scope_of_Ombudsman_Commission > > > > > > > . > > > > > > The resolution was approved in November [2] > > > < > > > > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission > > > > > > > and > > > has been just published. > > > > > > As a former ombudsman, as well as an endorser of the proposal, I can > say > > > that while this may not be a huge thing, it still is important and > will, > > > hopefully, make our work easier :) > > > > > > best, > > > > > > dj > > > > > > The Ombudsman Commission is currently the body which investigates > > > complaints about violations of the privacy and access to nonpublic > > > information policies established by Wikimedia Foundation and which > apply > > to > > > all Wikimedia wiki projects. The Ombudsman Commission was appointed on > 23 > > > July 2006 by the Wikimedia Foundation Board with the generally narrow > > scope > > > of investigating potential privacy violations performed by users having > > > access to the CheckUser interface (namely CheckUsers and Stewards). > > > > > > Over time, the Ombudsman Commission has received a growing number of > > > requests to investigate cases which are not clearly complaints about > > > individual CheckUser actions but may be potential or real violations of > > the > > > privacy policy. Following the 2006 Board Resolution's definition of the > > > scope, the Ombudsman Commission has consistently rejected these > requests, > > > and the applicants remain unsatisfied as there is no other body in the > > > Wikimedia movement tasked to resolve these problems. Therefore, the > > members > > > of Ombudsman Commission, with help of the WMF legal team, asked the WMF > > > Board to redefine the scope of the Ombudsman Commission. > > > The Board of Trustees of the Foundation has accepted the community's > > > consensus and has authorized an expansion of the Ombudsman Commission's > > > scope to include two more tasks: > > > To review, upon request, local project CheckUser and Oversight policies > > to > > > ensure that they do not violate the respective global policies. > > > > > > To investigate, upon request, potential violations of the appropriate > > > global policies by local CheckUsers and Oversighters. > > > > > > Investigation of potential violations of local policies which are not > > > violations of the global polices remain the responsibility of the local > > > project and not within the scope of the Ombudsman Commission at this > > time. > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Scope_of_Ombudsman_Commission > > > [2] > > > > > > > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > 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> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz > > http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek > > http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > 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> > > > > > > -- > > > Philippe Beaudette > > phili...@beaudette.me > 415-691-8822 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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 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>
