[Foundation-l] Sakha Wikipedia passed 7000 articles

Muhammad Yahia shipmaster at gmail.com
Thu Aug 26 19:43:25 UTC 2010


Hi Jesse,


> There are some cases where confidentiality is necessary. We routinely
> ask external experts for their evaluation of the test project content
> before project approval, as Yaroslav mentioned early in this
> discussion. These external persons are sometimes in situations where
> speaking negatively about the content may be seen as an attack on
> nationalist or culturalist interests, and put them at risk of
> professional or personal reprisal. These persons are offered
> confidentiality to protect them and to ensure we get their honest
> opinion.
>

This was not Gerard's argument about why members of the committee do not
disclose their discussions. I personally totally understand that need but I
also think this is a case-by-case thing. Disclosing these interactions or
not based on the discretion of the committee is perfectly fine by me.


>
> However, most content can be safely made public and is published to
> the public archives if the email authors agree. These have not been
> updated recently, but only because I have not had time to do so; they
> should be updated in the coming months, now that someone has joined
> with public archival as one of their goals.
>
>
This is a repeat of your position earlier. It does not address my concern. I
personally was not able to follow the discussion threads with all the
censored messages from committee members, not outside sources.

-- 
Best Regards,
Muhammad Yahia


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