[Foundation-l] Changes to the identification policies and procedures

[MZMcBride]

Steven Walling wrote:
> These changes were going to be discussed and documented in public...
[...]
> Speaking as an OTRS volunteer not as a staff member (this initiative isn't
> part of my job)...

I don't follow. How do you know that these changes were going to be
discussed and documented in public? These changes have been discussed for at
least some portion of January without any community involvement. When,
exactly, was the community going be made aware that these changes were being
discussed? When was the community going to be made aware that these changes
had been implemented? An announcement has already been made. When was the
Community Department going to involve the community (at least to give it a
courtesy heads-up)?

> No one can give definitive answers about a process that
> isn't finalized yet, and it's been conducted in private for the last couple
> days out of respect for the people whose personal information is potentially
> involved here.

Can you explain this further? You won't discuss an issue that involves the
community because of respect for what? What you're saying makes absolutely
no sense. If basic questions can't be answered about, for example, data
retention after this change has been announced (and to an extent
implemented), I don't see how Wikimedia is respecting its volunteers or
their private information.

MZMcBride