I totally agree with you Chris. However, I think the issue here is not whether or not we should have a name field, but rather the fact that I have access to the names which jeopardises the concept of privacy and the possibility of participants not opening up.

> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:50:20 +0300
> From: chriwaustin@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey
>
> Greetings,
> the name field is quite an important part of this survey so as to
> prevent individuals from participating more than once since we
> currently lack a way of preventing such. However, these names
> shouldn't be revealed to anyone after the survey or when the results
> are being released. It is an important ethical rule when conducting a
> survey to protect the information given by your respondents. In case
> the team requires extra information regarding the survey i.e data
> analysis or interpretation, all be more than glad to help. Happy
> Easter to all.
> Riwa
>
> On 4/21/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I initially didn't put the name field, but I thought it was important to
> > prevent one from participating twice.
> >
> > I also don't mind it open. Do you guys want it open, or should I remove the
> > name field totally?
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:01:06 -0700
> >> From: xelawafs@yahoo.com
> >> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey
> >>
> >> Then I think the whole idea of privacy doesn't make sense if this is the
> >> case.
> >>
> >> Personally I'd prefer if the whole thing was made open including the names
> >> but if guys aren't comfortable with this, the name field should be
> >> removed.
> >>
> >> Alex.
> >>
> >> On Wed Apr 20th, 2011 9:14 AM PDT Abbas Mahmood wrote:
> >>
> >> >Yes.
> >> >
> >> >Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:31:47 +0300
> >> >From: coolsam726@gmail.com
> >> >To: jkinyuru@gmail.com; wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> >> >Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Survey
> >> >
> >> > For privacy reasons, I will not mention any names when displaying the
> >> > results.
> >> >
> >> >Are you able to see the names of the survey participators yourself?
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