Thanks Patrick for the announcement. Congratulations to the new members as well as the returning members!
Regards, Tanweer On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Patrick Earley <pear...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > I'd like to announce the new and returning members of the 2016 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 2016 recently closed. The > Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and > insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work. > > As it has for the past few years, this year’s OC will consist of seven > members, with a two-member advisory team who will guide the new commission. > > > I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2016 OC. First, the new > members are: > > - > User:Alan, who 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 ~3 > years. In the past he has served as an administrator and bureaucrat on > Spanish Wikivoyage. > - > > User:NahidSultan, who has been volunteering on Wikimedia projects since > 2012. He is mostly active on Bengali Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Meta, > where he holds administrator rights. Besides these roles, he is also part > of OTRS, a small wiki monitoring team member and a global administrator. > Other than his online contributions to the movement, he is also active > doing Wikimedia work offline, working actively for the Wikimedia Bangladesh > chapter, where he currently serves as a Board member. > - > > User:Pajz, who has been an active contributor to the Wikimedia projects for > almost a decade. Formerly a bureaucrat on the German-language Wiktionary, > he has since mainly focused on contributing to Wikipedia (mostly on topics > from economic theory and copyright law) and helping out on the Volunteer > response team ("OTRS team"). He became a Wikipedia administrator and a > Volunteer response team member in 2007, and has served as one of the OTRS > administrators. > > - > > User:Taketa, who has been a Wikimedian since 2008. He mostly works on the > Dutch Wikipedia, writing content and organising projects. He was a member > of the Dutch Wikipedia Arbitration Committee in 2009/10 and 2012/13. > Currently, he helps as Wikimedia steward, nlwiki bureaucrat, listadmin for > the nlwiki admins and bureaucrats, OTRS volunteer and Wikidata admin. > > > Returning members: > > User:Barras, who is primarily active on the Simple English Wikipedia and > Meta. He’s a steward, an Oversighter on Simple English and Meta, and also a > Checkuser on Simple and Meta. Barras joined the OC in 2015. > > > User:Polimerek, who 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. > > > User:Rubin16, who 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, responsible for press > contacts and financial reporting. > > The 2016 OC’s advisors (this advisory role provides expertise when needed, > but does not participate in all discussions) are: > > - > > User:Gnom, who primarily edits German Wikipedia. Gnom, a licensed attorney, > has previously served Wikimedia as a legal intern for the Wikimedia > Foundation. In 2014, he was elected to the Board of Wikimedia Deutschland, > where he serves as co-Vice Chair. Gnom joined the OC in 2014. > > - > User:Huji, who primarily edits Farsi Wikipedia, where he is an > administrator, bureaucrat and former Checkuser. He has also contributed > substantially to Simple Wikipedia, English Wikipedia and Meta and is a > Wikimedia developer contributing to MediaWiki and WMF Labs projects. > > - > These volunteers' 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 outgoing volunteers, who have > given substantially of their time to serve the commission: > > - > User:Alhen, who primarily edits Spanish projects. He is a bureaucrat and > administrator on the Spanish Wikipedia and Spanish Wikibooks, and is also > an administrator on Commons. A prior member of the Spanish ArbCom, before > it was dismantled, he is a Checkuser on the Spanish Wikipedia. > > - > User:Avraham, a steward, who primarily edits English Wikipedia where he is > a Checkuser, Oversighter, admin and bureaucrat. He also serves the Commons > as an admin and Oversighter and Meta as an admin. He joined the OC in 2014. > > - > User:PhilKnight, who primarily edits the English Wikipedia. A former member > of its arbitration committee and its mediation committee, he is also a > Checkuser, Oversighter and administrator there. > > - > User:Thogo primarily edits the German Wikipedia, where he is an > administrator and former arbitrator, and has also focused on Meta. He is a > former steward and has served as an administrator on several other > projects. He joined the OC in 2011. > - > > I'd also like to say a hearty thank you to those returning and those coming > aboard for the first time, as well as to all those applied. Again, it was > an extremely able group of volunteers, and while this mix of users may best > serve the need for this year, I hope that those who applied will consider > applying again in future years. > > -- > Patrick Earley > Community Advocate > Wikimedia Foundation > pear...@wikimedia.org > (1) 415 975 1874 > _______________________________________________ > 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> -- Regards, Tanweer _______________________________________________ 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>
