[Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

[Oliver Keyes]

On 28 April 2013 09:49, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> The problem of internal communication came up again at WMCON, but only
> about internal-l, see the couple quick opinions expressed: <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_**
> 2013/Documentation/Day_2/WMF_**board#Charles:_We_need_**
> Internal-l.2C_what_do_you_**think.3F<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2013/Documentation/Day_2/WMF_board#Charles:_We_need_Internal-l.2C_what_do_you_think.3F>
> >
>
> Oliver Keyes, 11/04/2013 17:33:
>
> > [...]
> >     Neither I do. I only asked if they *require* the
> >     compartmentalisation that e.g. Tom described – otherwise they could
> >     as well happen in a slightly different context (like for instance
> >     "use the internal wiki more", given that's the thread we're in).
> >
> > Yep; there's no reason we should be giving that sort of thing out to
> > random chapters people or trusted volunteers; they have no use case for
> it.
>
> "No reason to" is not a reason not to, so your "yes" means "no" given my
> question. (And also by analogy, because most people in officewiki won't
> have a use case for that stuff either.)
>
> When the information contains personal data, it is totally a reason not
to.



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Oliver Keyes
Community Liaison, Product Development
Wikimedia Foundation