On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Thyge ltl.privat@gmail.com wrote:
I acknowledge that a group of wikipedians may discuss in any forum, they prefer. Doing it in a closed forum on FB does not, however, constitute a discussion by the community, because it excludes a lot of people who reject i.e. the FB license, the FB terms of use, and last not least the FB privacy policy.
True, though IRC also excludes a lot of people as it’s not allowed to be logged, thereby leaving many people out of the loop.
As was mentioned in the introduction message, it is not meant to replace anything that exists currently and it does not purport to declare itself “the community.” (Though “the community” has always been a vague and imperfect construct so as to be nearly meaningless, even before the emergence of this Facebook group.)
If the forum helps with engagement with our movement, I’m glad it serves that purpose, such as highlighting goings-on in spaces we already have.
The latter is of special interest to me after having served as an ombudsman for wikimedia. Are people aware of the fact, that joining that group and commenting there could easily lead to their real identity being linked to their wiki user name - and that this in some cases could be more dangerous than "voicing their opinions in other forums"?
I’d be shocked if people participating there were not aware that their IRL identities could be linked to their Wikipedia identities. That’s a determination folks have made, and are satisfied with. Though, this is probably not a bad thing to remind folks of in that intro message.
Best, -Andrew