A notarized statement wouldn't need to contain all the personal info. Just a name and something else to distinguish common names (I suggest an address as the snail mail method pretty often will include a return address anyway). The rest of the info like age, nationality, race, identification numbers, etc. is only seen by the notary who puts a seal on the document to verify that the signature was made by the person with that name.
Birgitte SB ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: r...@slmr.com > Sent: Mon, July 11, 2011 6:50:57 AM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy concerns > > I am not sure if that would solve any of the problems that some people have > with the current situation. Still the notarized statement (which includes > all personal data) would end up with an individual if I understand > correctly. It would only add quite a lot of costs... > > 2011/7/11 Peter Gervai <grin...@gmail.com> > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 02:28, Robin McCain <ro...@slmr.com> wrote: > > > > > I'd say that if you've blocked someone who is a sockpuppet or other > > > abuser the burden of validating such a person should be on them, not the > > > wiki staff. At least a notary (or other public official) would have to > > > look at an identity document - verify its validity as well as see that > > > it indeed matches the person in question - then sign a document to that > > > effect. This completely removes the wiki staff from the need to access > > > the validity of a copy. > > > > I guess it is nice to offer the blocked people this alternative, > > privacy-enhanced method along the old one. I'm sure current poster > > would be pleased, and I guess the dutch wikigods could accept that > > solution, too. > > > > -- > > byte-byte, > > grin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
