[Foundation-l] (volunteer) job position : Ombudsperson checkuser (or checkuser Ombudsperson or whatever)

Fri Jun 16 11:33:29 UTC 2006

Anders Wegge Jakobsen wrote:
> Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> writes:
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>>We need to have one or two people specifically named, so as to be able 
>>to say "please, talk to xxx" and to be *sure* a case is taken into 
>>consideration (as opposed to "but I thought someone else was taking care 
>>of this").
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>>Any volunteers ?
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>  Any idea what the workload would be? Are we talking few cases a
> month, or several each day? In the first case, I'd be happy to help,
> but in the second, I may run out of time.

oh, goodness. A few cases a month at best ! (well, at least for now).

>  And .. global checkuser oversight needs trust on a pretty high
> level. Are you sure it would not be better to "appoint" a couple of
> stewards?

Technically, the person would need to be given checkuser access on all 
projects/language to have access to logs.

I would consider a requirement that the person gives his/her real name 
(at the minimum to the board, publicly would be much better).

I think people can candidate, and the board could appoint. Editors are 
naturally invited to mention their support or oppose on candidates (if 
one candidate looks inappropriate to you, please mention it).

Stewards are naturally invited to volunteer, but I would not necessarily 
limit the choice to them.

Note that this does not result in a board decision prior-hand.
This comes from the fact I usually find myself doing it, and failing to 
do it well due in great part to a lack of time. Angela does not want to 
get involved in checkuser matters. Hence my tentative delegation ;-)

ant