Dear All,
I've just put up *a lot* of policy documentation on the UK Wiki as a lovely Christmas gift to you all :)
It's the start of a roughly five week period that I hope you will participate in to create Wikimedia UKs security standards policies. You can check out the introductory page with links herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_Security_Standards
I will be having time off over Christmas, so feel to leave questions I can pick up in January, but even better, feel free to get editing, improving and changing while my 'back is turned' :) These are really quite basic, and I'm sure there are nuances or past problems that I am unaware of and you can bring to my attention where these don't accommodate such examples.
In the new year I will come back and push on with reworking the policies based on comments so far, and other improvements I think may need to be made at that point. The basic goal is to ensure our work meets the highest standards in terms of people's privacy and data security, but doesn't restrict volunteers in delivering and enjoying their work within the organisation.
So - hack away!
Great! :) this is excellent to see.
Everyone; when I helped put together these policies it was a matter of urgency to be ready for the fundraiser. So as Katherine notes there is likely to be a lot we can change and improve on. We filled a gap as it was required, and now have more time to get them right.
The more input on these the better they will be!
Tom
On 21 December 2012 12:37, Katherine Bavage < katherine.bavage@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Dear All,
I've just put up *a lot* of policy documentation on the UK Wiki as a lovely Christmas gift to you all :)
It's the start of a roughly five week period that I hope you will participate in to create Wikimedia UKs security standards policies. You can check out the introductory page with links herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_Security_Standards
I will be having time off over Christmas, so feel to leave questions I can pick up in January, but even better, feel free to get editing, improving and changing while my 'back is turned' :) These are really quite basic, and I'm sure there are nuances or past problems that I am unaware of and you can bring to my attention where these don't accommodate such examples.
In the new year I will come back and push on with reworking the policies based on comments so far, and other improvements I think may need to be made at that point. The basic goal is to ensure our work meets the highest standards in terms of people's privacy and data security, but doesn't restrict volunteers in delivering and enjoying their work within the organisation.
So - hack away!
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