Hi!
Regardless of why people leak, it still feels like you're being dudded, to find out information through unofficial or even hostile channels. It seems like something has been out of balance of late.
In any organization there might be private stuff, simply because we have to deal with other organizations. Though Wikimedia is essentially quite open, other organizations respect confidentiality, because of many reasons. Because they want to stay in business, because they are publicly traded and have to follow quite a bunch of regulations, or simply because they want to help us without too much of bragging and boasting, or just want to prepare for nice publicity, by doing lots of nice work. If we deal with folks, we'd have to respect their wishes, if they respect ours.
Wikimedia does love competition, and can disclose lots of things it is doing - like our operations are by far one of most open. We end up discussing lots - and achieving together lots.
Now, any leak makes people sad. That means that people you'd love to trust, are doing something you wouldn't do. That means that people you spend your time communicating to end up backstabbing with their "journalism". That means that projects you keep supporting end up telling that "hey, we leaked, this is our featured story". Sorry, folks, if thats the only way you can feature yourself, I'd suggest finding other things to do. At least I really would like not to waste my time at tabloid activities. There's more sense in supporting Pokemon articles.
I understand when information about acts against humanity are revealed. Frauds, scams, whatever. But now it was just taking a piss at people doing their job and trying to get projects supported, extended and elevated.
Meh, anything foundation does has to get community support anyway. People should at least allow to package raw ideas into proposals.
My personal opinion - with a flavor of sadness. Though it is not all that bad yet - we can still maintain absolute trust with quite a few people in the project. :)
BR, Domas