[WikiEN-l] ZOMG Wikipedia is TERRORIST!!1!1!!!!

[Thomas Dalton]

On 23 July 2010 13:53, Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:
> Still, making any attempt to be secretive about where the office was
> (which even included deleting pictures from Commons that showed what
> the building looked like) was a really silly thing for an
> organization based around free exchange of information to do, and was
> rightly ridiculed by critics such as the WR crowd.

The Foundation, like any other employer, has a duty (both legal and
moral) to protect its staff. The nature of the Foundation's work means
there is a significant risk of it coming under various forms of
attack, including people turning up at the office and behaving in a
threatening manner. Keeping the location of the office quiet was the
best way the Foundation had to mitigate that risk. The new office
comes with security, so the risk is significantly reduced, hence the
address being published.