[Foundation-l] Sakha Wikipedia passed 7000 articles

[Marcus Buck]

  An'n 26.08.2010 21:29, hett Jesse (Pathoschild) schreven:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:14 AM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Can anyone else from the language committee offer a credible
>> explanation of their special requirement for secrecy? Surely if this
>> is a requirement, it can be explained, as Gerard did not.
> Hello David,
>
> 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.

Thanks for your comment. In the years I had occasional contact with the 
language committee I always found your answers to questions helpful. 
Although sometimes I didn't agree with them you at least always tried to 
address the actual topic while Gerard often tends to evade questions and 
spin them into something different.

If external experts indeed personally fear repercussions for their 
comments in individual cases I would accept that as a reason to not 
archive their comments. But this certainly does not apply to Gerard or 
Karen.

Marcus Buck
User:Slomox