This a serious and urgent problem; and the foundation need to look into it quickly.
In no circumstances should Wikipedia users be receiving copies of other people's identity documents - it is a privacy nightmare!
Tom
On 10 July 2011 11:03, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
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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