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The '''ombuds commission''', on behalf of the {{<tvar name="1">ll|Board of Trustees</tvar>|Board of Trustees}}, investigates complaints about infringements of the [[:wmf:Privacy policy|Privacy |
The '''ombuds commission''', on behalf of the {{<tvar name="1">ll|Board of Trustees</tvar>|Board of Trustees}}, investigates complaints about infringements of the [[<tvar name="pp">:wmf:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy</tvar>|Privacy Policy]], the [[<tvar name="2">:wmf:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy</tvar>|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]], the [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy</tvar>|CheckUser policy]] and the [[<tvar name="4">Special:MyLanguage/Oversight policy</tvar>|Oversight policy]], on any Wikimedia project. They also investigate for the Board the compliance of local [[<tvar name=cu>Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy/Local policies</tvar>|CheckUser]] or [[<tvar name=os>Special:MyLanguage/Oversight policy/Local policies</tvar>|Oversight]] policies or guidelines with the global CheckUser and Oversight policies. |
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In addition to official investigation, they will mediate between the complainant and the respondent (usually a {{Ll|CheckUser}}, [[<tvar name=os>Special:MyLanguage/Oversight</tvar>|oversighter]], {{Ll|bureaucrat}}, {{Ll|administrator}}, or {{Ll|arbitration committee}} member<!--<tvar name="1"> this list of roles is verbatim from https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission and should not be edited </tvar>-->). When legally necessary, the ombuds will assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the [[<tvar name=2>Special:MyLanguage/Board of Trustees</tvar>|board]] in handling the case. |
In addition to official investigation, they will mediate between the complainant and the respondent (usually a {{Ll|CheckUser}}, [[<tvar name=os>Special:MyLanguage/Oversight</tvar>|oversighter]], {{Ll|bureaucrat}}, {{Ll|administrator}}, or {{Ll|arbitration committee}} member<!--<tvar name="1"> this list of roles is verbatim from https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission and should not be edited </tvar>-->). When legally necessary, the ombuds will assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Board of Trustees</tvar>|board]] in handling the case. |
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When the case is litigious, the ombuds will be in charge of educating CheckUsers or others about the Foundation's privacy policy. When the Privacy |
When the case is litigious, the ombuds will be in charge of educating CheckUsers or others about the Foundation's privacy policy. When the Privacy Policy, Access to Nonpublic Information Policy, CheckUser Policy, or Oversight policy have been breached, the ombuds commission should report to the Executive Director or designated staff and recommend a course of action (such as removal of access to tools). Additionally, the commission might suggest suitable changes to policies or software. |
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Members of the ombuds commission are selected from the Wikimedia community by Wikimedia Foundation officials. A call for volunteers is issued each year in early October on the Wikimedia-L mailing list and on the talk page of this policy, as well as other project forums as appropriate. They are appointed (assuming they agree) for a period of approximately two years (one year, prior to the |
Members of the ombuds commission are selected from the Wikimedia community by Wikimedia Foundation officials. A call for volunteers is issued each year in early October on the [<tvar name="url">https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimedia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/</tvar> Wikimedia-L] [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Mailing lists</tvar>|mailing list]] and on the talk page of this policy, as well as other project forums as appropriate. They are appointed (assuming they agree) for a period of approximately two years (one year, prior to the 2023–25 Commission). One or more non-voting alternate member(s) may also be appointed. A [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Stewards</tvar>|Steward]]-Observer may be appointed to serve alongside the Ombudspeople. |
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See also [[<tvar name="list">Special:GlobalUsers/ombuds</tvar>|automatically generated list]] |
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# '''Be concise |
# '''Be concise:''' Lengthy emails with unnecessary information make it harder for the commission to process the case in a timely manner. |
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# '''Be objective |
# '''Be objective:''' Avoid making inquiries based on speculations or subjective judgements. |
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# '''Provide evidence |
# '''Provide evidence:''' Please provide us with [[Help:Diff|diff]] links and/or permanent links when possible. |
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# '''Be specific |
# '''Be specific:''' Specify what part of which policy has been violated. |
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# Please inform us if your wiki has an Arbitration Committee (or a similar committee) and if you have reached them (or used other dispute resolution procedure customary to your community) before reaching the ombuds commission. Provide a link to the relevant case page if appropriate. |
# Please '''inform us''' if your wiki has an ''Arbitration Committee'' (or a similar committee) and if you have reached them (or used other dispute resolution procedure customary to your community) before reaching the ombuds commission. Provide a link to the relevant case page if appropriate. |
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# Confirmation of the request: |
# '''Confirmation''' of the request: We will send a notice of confirmation to the requester, and if necessary ask for further information. |
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# Scope: |
# '''Scope:''' If the request is within the scope of the ombuds commission, we will do the investigation, if not we will decline the request and try to direct the complainant to a better place to get help for their individual problem. |
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# Investigation: We do whatever is necessary to find out whether or not there was a breach of the policies or a non-compliance or conflict of local policies with the global ones. |
# '''Investigation:''' We do whatever is necessary to find out whether or not there was a breach of the policies or a non-compliance or conflict of local policies with the global ones. |
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# Result: We give the result of our investigation to the requester, and if there was indeed a breach of the privacy policy, we will inform the user who was investigated and if necessary inform the Board of Trustees and if necessary recommend removing OS, CU or steward rights from the user breaking the policy. |
# '''Result:''' We give the result of our investigation to the requester, and if there was indeed a breach of the privacy policy, we will inform the user who was investigated and if necessary inform the Board of Trustees and if necessary recommend removing OS, CU or steward rights from the user breaking the policy. |
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Where the Commission has reached a decision which has significance for the wider community, it may publish it publicly. The decisions currently published are: |
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* <translate><!--T:71--> [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2019/CU Global Procedure on information disclosure</tvar>|''Disclosure of information'']] (2019/125) (2019/122) (2019/121) (2019/138) – this decision outlined the circumstances where a checkuser may disclose information they have obtained through their privileged access.</translate> |
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Reference numbers (in brackets) are given for the convenience of commissioners – they are the internal reference numbers of the case which led to the decision. Some published decisions will resolve several cases. |
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* <translate><!--T:33--> in 2013: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:33--> in 2013: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2013/Report Feb-Jun</tvar>|February–June]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2013/Report Jul-Dec</tvar>|July–December]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:34--> in 2014: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:34--> in 2014: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2014/Report Jan-Jun</tvar>|January–June]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2014/Report Jul-Dec</tvar>|July–December]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:35--> in 2015: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:35--> in 2015: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2015/Report Jan-Jun</tvar>|January–June]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2015/Report Jul-Dec</tvar>|July–December]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:36--> in 2016: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:36--> in 2016: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2016/Report Jan-Jun</tvar>|January–June]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2016/Report Jul-Dec</tvar>|July–December]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:37--> in 2017: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:37--> in 2017: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2017/Report Jan-Jun</tvar>|January–June]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2017/Report Jul-Dec</tvar>|July–December]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:38--> in 2018: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:38--> in 2018: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2018/Report Jan-Jun</tvar>|January–June]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2018/Report Jul-Dec</tvar>|July–December]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:39--> in 2019: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:39--> in 2019: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2019/Report Jan-Jun</tvar>|January–June]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2019/Report Jul-Sep</tvar>|July–September]], [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2019/Report Oct-Dec</tvar>|October–December]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:40--> 2020 Commission: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:40--> 2020 Commission: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2020/Report Jan-Mar</tvar>|January-March]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2020/Report Apr 2020-Jan 2021</tvar>|April-January 2021]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:44--> 2021 Commission: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:44--> 2021 Commission: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2021/Report Feb-Apr</tvar>|February-April]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2021/Report May-Jul</tvar>|May-July]], [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2021/Report Aug-Oct</tvar>|August-October]], [[<tvar name="4">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2021/Report Nov 2021-Jan 2022</tvar>|November-January 2022]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:51--> 2022 Commission: [[<tvar name=" |
* <translate><!--T:51--> 2022 Commission: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2022/Report Feb-Apr</tvar>|February-April]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2022/Report May-Jul</tvar>|May-July]], [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2022/Report Aug-Oct</tvar>|August-October]], [[<tvar name="4">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2022/Report Nov-Jan</tvar>|November-January 2023]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:67--> 2023 Commission: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2023/Report Feb-Apr</tvar>|February-April]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2023/Report May-Jul</tvar>|May-July]], [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2023/Report Aug-Oct</tvar>|August-October]], [[<tvar name="4">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2023/Report Nov-Jan</tvar>|November-January 2024]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:68--> 2024 Commission: [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2024/Report Feb-Apr</tvar>|February-April]], [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Ombuds commission/2024/Report May-Jul</tvar>|May-July]].</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:46--> Requests for comment: [[<tvar name="1">Requests for comment/Scope of Ombudsman Commission</tvar>|''Scope of Ombudsman Commission'']] (May—December 2013)</translate> |
* <translate><!--T:46--> Requests for comment: [[<tvar name="1">Requests for comment/Scope of Ombudsman Commission</tvar>|''Scope of Ombudsman Commission'']] (May—December 2013)</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:47--> [[<tvar name="1">listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/IVIBFX4P7JX37GY4VOJHOHTMGQ24I7VO/</tvar>|Announcement ''Ombudsman commission wider scope'']] (January 2016)</translate> |
* <translate><!--T:47--> [[<tvar name="1">listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/IVIBFX4P7JX37GY4VOJHOHTMGQ24I7VO/</tvar>|Announcement ''Ombudsman commission wider scope'']] (January 2016)</translate> |
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* <translate><!--T:48--> New commission announcements:</translate> [[mailarchive:foundation-l/2007-November/035415.html|2007]] — [[mailarchive:foundation-l/2009-January/049125.html|2009]] — [[mailarchive:foundation-l/2011-January/063665.html|2011]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/C54G5RRI7I6WSFZCVVNBL3CZJ3U7NXBR/|2012]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/LJ4RRKCD7GECPZFD2ATHISDLWUKDKWVN/|2013]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/D6B6TQQZWIZXBRA6ACO4QN2GFOGNFDQL/|2014]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/5ZKWJ2Z5S56ERQXAFOQYEDEQMB2J3WYH/|2015]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/HLNSA22QIDB52BJY3YDTK2J6MORWUY3G/|2016]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/2IHEINCHXP2IFDLTVQPWWRGILWGH4OPN/|2017]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/KKFP26YPN7BMOJ3Y7ZXK5AQBKGSG7BF7/|2018]] —[[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/KRRYAHOWQGBU35BMEP37YDQDWOJGUUAX/|2019]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/KZKNULGNBM7MRSHCT3QSQLI5MP5ILFL6/|2020]] —[[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/BQXVL6JYFSP4ZPP6YNRMU7I44UDESY6Z/|2021]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/X2FB52ED3RJEJ76KQYVQBTRRBCTAUM3O/|2022]] |
* <translate><!--T:48--> New commission announcements:</translate> [[mailarchive:foundation-l/2007-November/035415.html|{{DateT|2007}}]] — [[mailarchive:foundation-l/2009-January/049125.html|{{DateT|2009}}]] — [[mailarchive:foundation-l/2011-January/063665.html|{{DateT|2011}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/C54G5RRI7I6WSFZCVVNBL3CZJ3U7NXBR/|{{DateT|2012}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/LJ4RRKCD7GECPZFD2ATHISDLWUKDKWVN/|{{DateT|2013}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/D6B6TQQZWIZXBRA6ACO4QN2GFOGNFDQL/|{{DateT|2014}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/5ZKWJ2Z5S56ERQXAFOQYEDEQMB2J3WYH/|{{DateT|2015}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/HLNSA22QIDB52BJY3YDTK2J6MORWUY3G/|{{DateT|2016}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/2IHEINCHXP2IFDLTVQPWWRGILWGH4OPN/|{{DateT|2017}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/KKFP26YPN7BMOJ3Y7ZXK5AQBKGSG7BF7/|{{DateT|2018}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/KRRYAHOWQGBU35BMEP37YDQDWOJGUUAX/|{{DateT|2019}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/KZKNULGNBM7MRSHCT3QSQLI5MP5ILFL6/|{{DateT|2020}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/BQXVL6JYFSP4ZPP6YNRMU7I44UDESY6Z/|{{DateT|2021}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/X2FB52ED3RJEJ76KQYVQBTRRBCTAUM3O/|{{DateT|2022}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/GTKT3J3CT2ALFONEJJIEG6KAQ3ZAKIAM/|{{DateT|2023}}]] — [[listarchive:list/[email protected]/message/EGHWGULIKD4RNXYLC2X5BHAXAITPMHIW/|{{DateT|2024}}]] |
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* [[wmfblog:2023/12/18/what-do-you-know-about-the-ombuds-commission/|''What do you know about the Ombuds Commission?'']] (December 2023) by [[User:Faendalimas|Faendalimas]] (the Chair of the Ombuds Commission) |
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Ombuds Commission |
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The ombuds commission, on behalf of the Board of Trustees , investigates complaints about infringements of the Privacy Policy, the Access to nonpublic personal data policy, the CheckUser policy and the Oversight policy, on any Wikimedia project. They also investigate for the Board the compliance of local CheckUser or Oversight policies or guidelines with the global CheckUser and Oversight policies.
Tasks
In addition to official investigation, they will mediate between the complainant and the respondent (usually a CheckUser , oversighter, Bureaucrat , Administrator , or arbitration committee member). When legally necessary, the ombuds will assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the board in handling the case.
When the case is litigious, the ombuds will be in charge of educating CheckUsers or others about the Foundation's privacy policy. When the Privacy Policy, Access to Nonpublic Information Policy, CheckUser Policy, or Oversight policy have been breached, the ombuds commission should report to the Executive Director or designated staff and recommend a course of action (such as removal of access to tools). Additionally, the commission might suggest suitable changes to policies or software.
Neutrality
An ombuds' investigation should be conducted in a manner determined by the ombuds to ensure fairness and impartiality. As a general guideline, it is best that ombuds avoid conflicts of interest as much as possible, particularly by avoiding routine use of CheckUser or oversight access and not processing complaints on the projects on which they are very active editors. However, matters that come before the commission are not clear-cut, and the language and culture of various projects may pose barriers to outsiders. As such, how the commission investigates complaints is left to the discretion of its appointed members.
Membership
Members of the ombuds commission are selected from the Wikimedia community by Wikimedia Foundation officials. A call for volunteers is issued each year in early October on the Wikimedia-L mailing list and on the talk page of this policy, as well as other project forums as appropriate. They are appointed (assuming they agree) for a period of approximately two years (one year, prior to the 2023–25 Commission). One or more non-voting alternate member(s) may also be appointed. A Steward-Observer may be appointed to serve alongside the Ombudspeople.
Assigned rights
Ombuds have the following rights globally, among others:
- Search deleted pages (browsearchive)
- Check users' IP addresses and other information (checkuser)
- View the checkuser log (checkuser-log)
- View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
- View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
- View private logs (suppressionlog)
- View revisions hidden from any user (viewsuppressed)
Current members
User | Home wiki(s) | Language spoken | IRC nick | Term expires |
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だ*ぜ (CA) | zhwiki | zh, yue, wuu, lzh, en-4, ja-3 | Dasze
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Ameisenigel (CA) | dewiki, wikidatawiki | de, en-4, nds-2, fr-1, tlh-1 | Ameisenigel
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2026 |
Arcticocean (CA) | en, sco-3, es-2, gd-1 | 2026 | ||
Bennylin (CA) | idwiki | id, pea, en-5, jv-4, zh-3, ms-3, es-2, ban-1, su-1, jv-x-bms-1 | 2025 | |
Daniuu (CA) | nlwiki | nl, en-4, de-2, fr-2, la-2, vls-2, li-1 | Daniuu
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2025 |
Doğu (CA) | trwiki | tr, en-3, sr-1, ru-1 | 2026 | |
Emufarmers (CA) | enwiki | en, la-2 | Emufarmers
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2026 |
Faendalimas (CA) | wikispecies | en, pt-3, it-2, fr-1 | faendalimas
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2026 |
MdsShakil (CA) | bnwiki, bnwikibooks | bn, en-3, as-1 | MdsShakil
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2025 |
Minorax (CA) | commonswiki, metawiki, simplewiktionary, wikidatawiki | en-5, zh-5, nan-2, fr-1, ko-1, ms-1, yue-1 | Minorax
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2025 |
Nehaoua (CA) | arwiki, frwiki | ar-n, fr-4, en-2 | 2026 | |
Renvoy (CA) | ukwiki | uk, ru-4, en-3, pl-3, lt-1 | 2026 | |
RoySmith (CA) | enwiki | en | roy649
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2026 |
Vermont (CA) ‡ | enwiki, metawiki, simplewiki | en, ru-2, es-1 | Vermont
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2025 |
† Advisory member; ‡ Steward-Observer, terms expire in February of listed year
See also automatically generated list.
For the prior membership, see here.
Submission
Complaints may be made to the ombuds commission through the following ways (preferably in a language spoken by one of the members):
- To use the form, access this link: Special:Contact/ombudscommission
- To write an email, access this link: Special:EmailUser/Ombuds commission
Both ways will send message directly to OC mailing list.
Please follow these guidelines when submitting an inquiry to the commission:
- Be concise: Lengthy emails with unnecessary information make it harder for the commission to process the case in a timely manner.
- Be objective: Avoid making inquiries based on speculations or subjective judgements.
- Provide evidence: Please provide us with diff links and/or permanent links when possible.
- Be specific: Specify what part of which policy has been violated.
- Please inform us if your wiki has an Arbitration Committee (or a similar committee) and if you have reached them (or used other dispute resolution procedure customary to your community) before reaching the ombuds commission. Provide a link to the relevant case page if appropriate.
Processing/Reporting
Cases brought to our attention will be processed the following way:
- Confirmation of the request: We will send a notice of confirmation to the requester, and if necessary ask for further information.
- Scope: If the request is within the scope of the ombuds commission, we will do the investigation, if not we will decline the request and try to direct the complainant to a better place to get help for their individual problem.
- Investigation: We do whatever is necessary to find out whether or not there was a breach of the policies or a non-compliance or conflict of local policies with the global ones.
- Result: We give the result of our investigation to the requester, and if there was indeed a breach of the privacy policy, we will inform the user who was investigated and if necessary inform the Board of Trustees and if necessary recommend removing OS, CU or steward rights from the user breaking the policy.
Past decisions
Where the Commission has reached a decision which has significance for the wider community, it may publish it publicly. The decisions currently published are:
- Disclosure of information (2019/125) (2019/122) (2019/121) (2019/138) – this decision outlined the circumstances where a checkuser may disclose information they have obtained through their privileged access.
Reference numbers (in brackets) are given for the convenience of commissioners – they are the internal reference numbers of the case which led to the decision. Some published decisions will resolve several cases.
Activity reports
Activities:
- in 2013: February–June, July–December.
- in 2014: January–June, July–December.
- in 2015: January–June, July–December.
- in 2016: January–June, July–December.
- in 2017: January–June, July–December.
- in 2018: January–June, July–December.
- in 2019: January–June, July–September, October–December.
- 2020 Commission: January-March, April-January 2021.
- 2021 Commission: February-April, May-July, August-October, November-January 2022.
- 2022 Commission: February-April, May-July, August-October, November-January 2023.
- 2023 Commission: February-April, May-July, August-October, November-January 2024.
- 2024 Commission: February-April, May-July.
See also
- Board resolutions: Ombudsperson Checkuser (July 2006) — Wikimedia Committees (minutes of presentation on Ombudsman Commission; January 2009) — Amending the Scope of the Ombudsman Commission (November 2015)
- Requests for comment: Scope of Ombudsman Commission (May—December 2013)
- Announcement Ombudsman commission wider scope (January 2016)
- New commission announcements: 2007 — 2009 — 2011 — 2012 — 2013 — 2014 — 2015 — 2016 — 2017 — 2018 — 2019 — 2020 — 2021 — 2022 — 2023 — 2024
- Information on the ombuds global user group:
- 2021 workflow updates
- What do you know about the Ombuds Commission? (December 2023) by Faendalimas (the Chair of the Ombuds Commission)