On 21/04/2011, stephen wanjau <
wanjaustev@gmail.com> wrote:
> Having said that we should scrap the names off the survey and I guess that
> way we will be good to go.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:55 AM, SAMSON MAOSA <
coolsam726@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings again. Steve, I really appreciate your opinion. However, let's
>> be
>> more realistic: Even in a questionnaire, the respondents feel more free to
>> air their opinion when they have the security that not even one person
>> will
>> identify their specific responses. The fact that Wikimedia Kenya is
>> Democratic alone will not give people the confidence to speak pure truth.
>> In
>> that case I am sorry to say that there are those who will give responses
>> that are "edited" in order to ensure that they do not condemn me or Abbas
>> or
>> Oscar or Chris or Steve or Lilian or anybody else. Therefore the survey
>> will
>> just be a painted picture.
>>
>> @Chris,
>>
>> However, these names
>>> shouldn't be revealed to anyone after the survey or when the results
>>> are being released
>>>
>> By "anyone" you mean even the one physically involved with the conduction
>> of the survey right?
>>
>> @Abbas,
>>
>> I initially didn't put the name field, but I thought it was important to
>>> prevent one from participating twice.
>>>
>> You were on the right direction, and you gave it the best decision. In
>> future we have to look for a better solution against multiple
>> participation.
>> You will agree with me that the name field doesn't solve the problem at
>> all.
>> I can poise as Grace and submit my survey under her name....
>>
>> The best solution I can think of right now is this: Each person is at
>> liberty to determine much of themselves they should give. As such, those
>> who
>> feel their privacy is jeopardized by their IDs being known can opt to use
>> Anonymous in the name field. In this case I rely on the democratic
>> maturity
>> and responsibility of all the members since this is a voluntary exercise
>> and
>> does not benefit an individual in any way, such that no one should have
>> any
>> malicious reason to participate twice.
>> Those are just my thoughts, and they are fully subject to criticism.
>> Have a nice day y'all
>>
>> --
>>
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