I've placed my name (of Victuallers) on the list, I think it was implied that by revealling your real name then you were also revealling the link to your on-wiki identity. Why you should want to vote for "Roger Bamkin" (for example) is obscure without knowing he is "Victuallers". I know who all these people are (now) and I find it tricky to believe anyone hopes to keep the link between identities a secret.
On 6 April 2011 23:31, Andrew West <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6 April 2011 13:39, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > May I suggest that candidates are allowed to answer Q3 on this mailing > list, > > rather than on the WMUK wiki, should they so desire? > > I understand that candidates should disclose their usernames if they want > to > > refer to their on-wiki experience. However, I don't think it's necessary > to > > do so on a public wiki. I believe all candidates are fine with disclosing > > the link between their online and offline identities to members of the > > chapter, but some may not feel comfortable disclosing to the whole world. > > It seems a pointless exercise to try to conceal one's identity, as > candidates are bound to disclose their user name if they answer any of > the questions put to them on wikimedia-uk (or otherwise interact on > the site), unless they don't sign in, in which case, how do we know > that the ip answering the questions really is the candidate? It is > also easy enough to work out the current and previous wikipedia user > names of the candidates from the information they supply, but I think > that it would be a courtesy to the wikimedia-uk community to tell us > who they are of their own volition. I'm not trying to out anybody, > but it seems to me that you cannot expect to be elected to the board > of wikimedia-uk and remain "anonymous" (in as much as a real name > means nothing to me, but I might well be familiar with a wp user > name). > > Andrew (BabelStone) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Roger Bamkin (aka Victuallers)
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