[Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

[Peter Gervai]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 02:28, Robin McCain <robin at slmr.com> wrote:

> I'd say that if you've blocked someone who is a sockpuppet or other
> abuser the burden of validating such a person should be on them, not the
> wiki staff. At least a notary (or other public official) would have to
> look at an identity document - verify its validity as well as see that
> it indeed matches the person in question - then sign a document to that
> effect. This completely removes the wiki staff from the need to access
> the validity of a copy.

I guess it is nice to offer the blocked people this alternative,
privacy-enhanced method along the old one. I'm sure current poster
would be pleased, and I guess the dutch wikigods could accept that
solution, too.

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