Aphaia wrote:
I found this thread now and forwarded it to
translator-l, for asking
for translation, if they think it appropriate: but there are only four
days until the announced deadline.
Michael, could you please extend it, say, one more week? For most of
non-English community, regarding the time of translation, even if they
luckily get their own language version of the draft, they may have
only one or two days. Still one week is shorter, but better than
nothing.
Sure, I'll wait an extra week before asking the board to vote, although
I don't want to delay much beyond that. Work on this initiative started
even before our April board meeting, and at some point this particular
segment needs to be brought to a conclusion. Which is not to say the
policy will never again be revised or revisited - Mike is still making
revisions based on feedback he's received.
I asked initially if there were any dealbreakers or aspects that were
seriously misleading, and nobody's identified issues of that nature to
me. So I'm still inclined to think the draft is good and, as a
significant step forward from the existing policy, should be adopted
"with all deliberate speed". I appreciate that there's considerable
interest in how this relates to the Checkuser tool, even though that's
mentioned only a handful of times. This draft is not trying to be the
Checkuser policy, and as Sue has pointed out, that role and therefore
the details of its policy are within the control of the community rather
than the Wikimedia Foundation. But I certainly encourage people to
review the policy and practices of their projects in light of the
overall privacy policy.
(I'm sorry, I thought I heard something there. Did somebody say
Volunteer Council?)
--Michael Snow