[WikiEN-l] The Wikipedia Ombudsman

Mon Jan 9 17:53:35 UTC 2006

Sam Korn wrote:

>On 1/8/06, Peter Mackay <peter.mackay at bigpond.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>So you wouldn't be happy to volunteer for the position and take some
>>of the workload off Jimbo?
>>    
>>
>Take some of the workload off Jimbo, yes.  Take the crap that would
>come with the position, no.
>
Such an ombudsman needs the authority to take unpopular actions without 
fear that someone will whinge his way into having Jimbo overrule what he 
does.  He needs to be able to confront anybody, but be seen as fair at 
the same time.

Ec