Do they have notaries in the Netherlands? Why not simply ask them to mail a notarized statement that "I am Foo at such an address and request an ublock so I may edit as Bar"? I still am not sure if this is something I would completely endorse, but at least it would be meaningful and not so easily forged.
BirgitteSB
On Jul 10, 2011, at 5:46 AM, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Medewerker can mean staff - but literally it just means "cooperator", and it is generally used for anyone editing the encyclopedia on a regular basis. (ie. active community members). It is however open for misinterpretation.
Just to be clear: the alternative situation was, and would probably be, that people who currently can choose to use this clause, would simply be blocked forever without a way of getting unblocked.
Still not taking any stand or opinion,
Lodewijk
2011/7/10 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com
On 10 July 2011 10:55, Huib Laurens sterkebak@gmail.com wrote:
Is mentioned in a offiical policy on the Dutch Wikipedia here: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokpopmisbruik
The relevant paragraph appears to be http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sokpop#Ontsnappingsclausule
The Google translation is "In order to be unblocked, the person behind the corresponding IP address is a letter (paper) to a community trust staff."
Does it actually mean "staff" in Dutch? Does it imply *in any way* that the person to contact is officially sanctioned to deal with private information?
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blokkeringsmeldingen#Ontsnappingsclau...
The Google translation for this one appears to quite definitely be trying to imply official status. Does it carry such implications in the original Dutch?
It doesn't matter if Huib was blocked for good reason. This still looks very like a privacy disaster in the making, and the Foundation, and particularly the staff relating to privacy concerns, need to look into it very closely.
- d.
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