Congratulations all!
Hasive WMBD On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Sydney Poore <sydney.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulation to Vogone, Lankiveil, Góngora, Richwales, Krd for their > appointment to Ombuds Commission, and to returning as members Pajz,Alan, > Rubin16, Polimerek. > > And thank you to the outgoing members, NahidSultan, Taketa, Gnom, Huji, and > Barras, for your service. > > I appreciate the time that you put in doing this important work. > > Warm regards, > Sydney > > Sydney Poore > User:FloNight > Co-founder Kentucky Wikimedians, > Co-founder WikiWomen User Group, > Co-founder WikiConference North America > Board member of Wiki Project Med Foundation, > Member of Simple Annual Plan Grant Committee > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Karen Brown <kbr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > It is time to announce the new and returning members of the 2017 > 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 2017 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 2017 OC. First, the new > > members are: > > > > Vogone > > > > 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. > > > > Lankiveil > > > > Lankiveil is a long-term user, admin, and oversighter on the English > > Wikipedia, having made his first edits in 2004. He serves as a clerk to > > the English Wikipedia Arbcom and as an OTRS volunteer. He also sometimes > > edits at Irish Wikipedia and Commons. He is a native speaker of > Australian > > English and is a member of Wikimedia Australia. > > > > Góngora > > > > Góngora, J. Gustavo Góngora Goloubintseff, who 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 since 2009, where he is also a > > CheckUser. He was a member of the Spanish ArbCom in 2008, before it was > > dismantled. He was a board member of Wikimedia España in 2011. He is > > currently a member of Wikimedia Norge. > > > > Richwales > > > > 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. > > > > Krd > > > > User:Krd, who is primarily active on German Wikipedia and Wikimedia > > Commons, and also serves at the Volunteer response team as agent and OTRS > > admin, and was a prior member of German Wikipedia Arbcom for more than > > three years. > > > > > > In addition, the following experienced OC members will be returning as > > members > > of the Ombuds Commission: > > > > Pajz > > > > User:Pajz is a Wikipedia editor. He was a Wikipedia administrator between > > 2007 to 2016 and is a member of the Volunteer Response Team ("OTRS > team"). > > He served as one of the OTRS administrators from 2013 to 2015, before > being > > first appointed to the Ombudsman Commission in 2016. > > > > Alan > > > > 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. > > > > 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): > > > > Rubin16 > > > > 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. > > > > Polimerek > > > > 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. > > > > And finally, please join me in thanking the following *outgoing > > volunteers*, > > who have given substantially of their time to serve the commission: > > > > NahidSultan > > > > User:NahidSultan 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 has also been part of > > OTRS, a small wiki monitoring team member and a global administrator. > Other > > than his online contributions to the movement, he has also been active > > doing Wikimedia work offline, working actively for the Wikimedia > Bangladesh > > chapter. NahidSultan joined the OC in 2016. > > > > Taketa > > > > User:Taketa has been a Wikimedian since 2008. They mostly work on the > Dutch > > Wikipedia, writing content and organising projects. They were a member of > > the Dutch Wikipedia Arbitration Committee in 2009/10 and 2012/13. They > have > > served as a Wikimedia steward, nlwiki bureaucrat, listadmin for the > nlwiki > > admins and bureaucrats, OTRS volunteer and Wikidata admin. Taketa joined > > the OC in 2016. > > > > Gnom > > > > User:Gnom 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. Gnom > joined > > the OC in 2014. > > > > Huji > > > > User:Huji primarily edits Farsi Wikipedia, where he is an administrator, > > bureaucrat and 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. Huji joined the OC in > > 2013. > > > > Barras > > > > Note: Barras resigned from the OC in good standing in November 2016 > > > > 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. > > > > --- > > > > 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, 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. > > > > Yours, > > > > Karen Brown > > > > > > -- > > Karen Brown > > Community Advocate > > Wikimedia Foundation > > kbr...@wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) **:: **নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী (হাছিব)* User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hasive> | GSM/WhatsApp/Viber: +8801712754752 Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Hasive> Board Member | Wikimedia Bangladesh <http://www.wikimedia.org.bd/> fb.com/Hasive <http://fb.com/NCHasive> | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | www.nhasive.com _______________________________________________ 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>
