[Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

[Birgitte_sb at yahoo.com]

Do they have notaries in the Netherlands?  Why not simply ask them to mail a notarized statement that "I am Foo at such an address and request an ublock so I may edit as Bar"? I still am not sure if this is something I would completely endorse, but at least it would be meaningful and not so easily forged.

BirgitteSB 



On Jul 10, 2011, at 5:46 AM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:

> Medewerker can mean staff - but literally it just means "cooperator", and it
> is generally used for anyone editing the encyclopedia on a regular basis.
> (ie. active community members). It is however open for misinterpretation.
> 
> Just to be clear: the alternative situation was, and would probably be, that
> people who currently can choose to use this clause, would simply be blocked
> forever without a way of getting unblocked.
> 
> Still not taking any stand or opinion,
> 
> Lodewijk
> 
> 2011/7/10 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>
> 
>> On 10 July 2011 10:55, Huib Laurens <sterkebak at 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#Ontsnappingsclausule
>> 
>> 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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