Respecting the privacy of others is one of our core values as a movement. Esra’a Al Shafei is not an anonymous person, AFAIK. If they are not willing to share their photos or video or does not wish to be photographed, I don't see any problem with that and I think we should respect their decision.
Regards, Isaac On Dec 2, 2017 5:31 AM, "Cristian Consonni" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/12/2017 23:22, Michael Peel wrote: > > Thank you, Esra’a, for volunteering! > > Welcome,Esra'a! > > > However, I’m very concerned by this: > > > > "P.S. Due to the nature of Esra’a’s work, sharing photos or videos of > Esra’a may endanger her safety or the safety of others. To help ensure the > privacy and safety of Esra’a and her colleagues, we are not sharing any > photographs or videos of Esra'a. We ask that you please join us in > supporting this important safety consideration.” > > > > This is security by obscurity (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133735) - > which is at best a temporary measure that won’t last, particularly in a > high-profile position like this. Aside from the potential media coverage, > Wikimedia events are very well photographed by Wikimedians who want to > illustrate a rather well-read encyclopaedia… This leads to an awkward > situation where someone’s safety and Wikimedia’s openness are conflicting, > which is not OK. > > Sorry, but I have to disagree, Mike. > > Openness - as generally understood in Wikimedia - does not conflict with > respecting someone's privacy, much less so with not endangering their > safety. I believe that respecting the privacy and anonymity of our > editors (and readers, as well) is a value of Wikimedia. > > Furthermore, I feel that Wikimedians value very highly their privacy and > anonimity, in fact, there are several Wikipedians with whom I have > edited pages for years now, and I still have no idea of their real > names, their age, their gender or where they live. All I know is their > nicknames on the projects and it's perfectly fine like that. There are > several rules that the communities have adopted to protect the privacy > and anonymity of every user. > > Even at in-person events, there are usually ways to signal the fact that > one does not want to be photographed or have photos or recordings of > him/her, put online. You can also wear a badge with just your nickname > and not your real name, so that's not new even for our live events. > > I agree with the idea that occupying a high-profile position and trying > to limit one's own exposure are conflicting goals, but I am sure that > this was very carefully. > > So, I understand that this may seem different from the usual, but, > actually, it is not. > > Ciao, > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
