On 13/04/2011 00:34, Andrew Turvey wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Andrew West<andrewcw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Totally agree. I think it is reasonable that candidates should be >> asked to reveal their wikimedia user names (I'm not sure it should be >> made compulsory though), but demanding that they reveal all their >> multifarious online identities unrelated to wikimedia is going way too >> far, and would be an unenforceable and unwarranted invasion of >> privacy. >> >> Andrew > Personally I would also agree. We also have to balance the need for > voters to have all the information they reasonably require to make > their decision with a need to encourage people to come forward to > stand for election. > > Pseudonymity is still very much a part of the internet, and many > people still run blogs, twitter accounts and so forth on that basis. > If they're not related to Wikimedia, I'm not sure I understand why > people should be compelled to reveal them - or indeed how such a rule > could ever be enforced. > > I'd rather leave it up to the voters to decide. > > ___________________________________________
So there is some census (on this email list) that people should reveal their Wikimedia identity? I was not sure when I wrote that all online personae should revealed: I agree with Alison's statement. I also thought about suggestion the requirement to reveal to all MEMBERS of the company!!! Gordo -- Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com http://www.joly.org.uk/ Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
