[Foundation-l] Update on ombudsman issue

Thu Jul 20 22:32:17 UTC 2006

Andrew Lih wrote:
> On 7/21/06, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>>PS : is it a good idea to have a user named ombudsman ?
>>
>>I don't think the name "User:Ombudsman" instantly strikes someone as
>>an official position. In Britain, the position "Ombudsman" tends to be
>>reserved as a governmental complaints mechanism and watchdog on
>>trading standards and banking.
> 
> 
> 
> Well, when I ran into the name  User:Ombudsman recently, I thought the WMF
> had found someone to fill that role. But alas it was not true.

Which role would you think such a person should hold ? Can you give some 
examples of what he would be supposed to do ?

Ant