-----Original Message----- From: Jesse (Pathoschild) Date: 2010. augusztus 26. 21:29 To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Sakha Wikipedia passed 7000 articles
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:14 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can anyone else from the language committee offer a credible > explanation of their special requirement for secrecy? Surely if this > is a requirement, it can be explained, as Gerard did not. Hello David, There are some cases where confidentiality is necessary. We routinely ask external experts for their evaluation of the test project content before project approval, as Yaroslav mentioned early in this discussion. These external persons are sometimes in situations where speaking negatively about the content may be seen as an attack on nationalist or culturalist interests, and put them at risk of professional or personal reprisal. These persons are offered confidentiality to protect them and to ensure we get their honest opinion. However, most content can be safely made public and is published to the public archives if the email authors agree. These have not been updated recently, but only because I have not had time to do so; they should be updated in the coming months, now that someone has joined with public archival as one of their goals. By the way, the language committee never makes official statements. Any comments from Gerard or I are our personal comments. -- Yours cordially, Jesse (Pathoschild) Thanks Jesse for this explanation. I am a still bit confused as to what is the reasoning for those members who chose not to disclose their messages publicly at all – not even on a case by case basis or at least on a summary level that would make the archives readable? (One of them apparently chose so out of a conflict with their academic career, but what is the reason behind the other person's decision: does he only quote the outside experts or does he fulfill such inside expert role where he routinely has to trample on nationalistic or cultural feelings?) Best regards, Bence _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
