Ombuds commission/2021/Report Nov 2021-Jan 2022

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This is a periodic report summarising the activity and caseload of the Ombuds Commission for the period from November 2021 to 31 January 2022.

  • The Commission entered this reporting period with 14 matters unresolved.
  • 3 complaints were immediately closed as the facts described were clearly outside the Ombuds Commission's scope.
  • 3 new matters were raised with the Ombuds Commission during the period.
  • At the period end there were 5 open matters:[1]
    • 5 open matters involve the use of the CheckUser tool;
    • 0 open matters involve the use of the Oversight tool;
    • 0 open matters involve the policies in general;
  • The commission, which began its mandate with 18 cases to investigate, cut the backlog by nearly 75%.

Membership[edit]

During this period there were no changes in the Commission and in the roles assigned. The commission ended its mandate on 31 January 2022.

User Home wiki Language spoken Role
Acagastya (CA) enwikinews hi, gu, en-4, es-2, sa-2, ar-1, fr-1, mr-1, ur-1 Ombudsperson
AGK (CA) enwiki en, sco-3, es-2, gd-1 Advisor
Ajraddatz (CA) metawiki, wikidata en, fr-2 Advisor
Ameisenigel (CA) dewiki de, en-4, nds-2, fr-1 Ombudsperson
Emufarmers (CA) enwiki en, la-2 Ombudsperson
Faendalimas (CA) wikispecies en, pt-3, it-2, fr-1 Ombudsperson
Galahad (CA) eswikivoyage es, en-1 Ombudsperson
JJMC89 (CA) enwiki en Ombudsperson
Moheen (CA) bnwiki bn, ctg, en-3 Ombudsperson
MrJaroslavik (CA) cswiki cs, en-3, sk-3 Ombudsperson
ProtoplasmaKid (CA) eswiki es, en-3, pt-3 Ombudsperson
Superpes15 (CA) itwiki it, en-2, es-1, fr-1, la-1 Ombudsperson

Ageing[edit]

The caseload ageing of the Commission over the period was:

As at period start Closed matters Raised in period As at period end
New 2 10(+2)[1] 3 1
1 month old 3 0
2 months old 2 0
3 months old 2 2
6 months old 2 1
Over 1 year old 3 1
Total 14 10(+2) 3 5
  1. a b 2 matters concern policies in general are stalled due to some particular questions to be clarified, so they will be considered as closed in the table.

Resolutions issued[edit]

During the period, one or more reports and recommendations were made to the Wikimedia Foundation by the Commissioners in the meaning of the terms of reference.

The Commission does not publish any other details of its resolutions.

Report published by Commission member: Superpes15 (talk) 01:30, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]