[WikiEN-l] Jayjg is not AWOL

[Armed Blowfish]

On 28/08/07, Raphael Wegmann <raphael at psi.co.at> wrote:
> George Herbert schrieb:
>>
>> Accountability in some situations is "we trust Arbcom and Jimbo, who
>> we find to be honorable trustworthy people and who we expect to do the
>> right thing for Wikipedia, and explain to the degree possible
>> afterwards".
>>
>
> I don't think so.
>
> Public's trust rests upon authorities being openly accountable.
> If any authority refuses to disclose information to the public,
> they are stripping the public of its ability to hold them accountable,
> which will as likely as not result in a loss of public trust.
> However, it is the authorities that first display a lack of trust
> in the public.
>
> br
> --
> Raphael

They also have access to personal information which is not
theirs to reveal.

Besides, there is more than one type of accountability.