[WikiEN-l] The Wikipedia Ombudsman

Mon Jan 9 06:22:25 UTC 2006

> From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org 
> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Fred Bauder
> Sent: Monday, 9 January 2006 17:06
> To: English Wikipedia
> Cc: Fred Bauder
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The Wikipedia Ombudsman
> 
> Actually I think you kind of have this backwards. Usually an 
> appeal is from a decision made by a specialized group to a 
> larger group which represents broader community opinion. You 
> have an appeal from a pretty large group to one person. How 
> about appeals being to the administrators as a group? If 
> there really is a consensus perhaps some way could be found 
> to express it.

An [[ombudsman]] isn't a judge or a government bureaucrat. An ombudsman is
independent, not part of some appeals process or another knot of red tape.
Nor do they have any special powers. Instead the function of an ombudsman is
to investigate complaints and facilitate redress through existing channels.

Peter (Skyring)