[Foundation-l] checkuser

Sun Jul 29 01:33:20 UTC 2007

Off topic, but why does my email appear to be coming from the bounces  
address with "on Behalf of Dan Rosenthal" in the title? Is something  
broken on my end?

-Dan
On Jul 28, 2007, at 8:33 PM, Casey Brown wrote:

> How many cases there were...
> What were the accusations... (nothing specific i.e. what sort of  
> abuse)
> Where they all solved... (how fast?)
> What were the threats...
>
> There are many other possible questions as well.  It is best to see  
> what the
> Ombudsman themselves share.
>
> Casey Brown
> Cbrown1023
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Dan  
> Rosenthal
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 7:47 PM
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] checkuser
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2007, at 7:13 PM, elisabeth bauer wrote:
>
>> 2007/7/29, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com>:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I got several requests about this, so this mail is mostly to get the
>>> ball rolling. Nothing urgent !
>>>
>>> Checkuser ombudsmen have been appointed now a year ago by the board.
>>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/ 
>>> Resolution:Ombudsperson_checkuser
>>>
>>> I guess it is time for a renewal and little feedback on this, and
>>> more
>>> generally, on checkusers.
>>>
>>> So, please reflect on the following points if appropriate
>>
>> I'd like to add one point:
>> Could the ombudsmen please provide a report on the mailing list
>> (without going into private details of course) how many cases they
>> have handled, what have been the issues and how they have been
>> resolved?
>>
>> greetings,
>> elian
>>
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>
> I can't see why that would be necessary. Considering the ombudsman
> commission is there to investigate breaches of privacy policy,
> including potentionally litigious instances (as taken from the
> resolution), I don't see what's necessary out of that for the public
> to be aware of. I don't see much information would be available to be
> given about the cases individually due to privacy concerns: what
> little information would be left is what...how many cases there are?
>
> -Dan Rosenthal
>
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