On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Thyge <ltl.privat(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I acknowledge that a group of wikipedians may discuss
in any forum, they
prefer. Doing
it in a closed forum on FB does not, however, constitute a discussion by
the community,
because it excludes a lot of people who reject i.e. the FB license, the FB
terms of use, and
last not least the FB privacy policy.
True, though IRC also excludes a lot of people as it’s not allowed to be
logged, thereby leaving many people out of the loop.
As was mentioned in the introduction message, it is not meant to replace
anything that exists currently and it does not purport to declare itself
“the community.” (Though “the community” has always been a vague and
imperfect construct so as to be nearly meaningless, even before the
emergence of this Facebook group.)
If the forum helps with engagement with our movement, I’m glad it serves
that purpose, such as highlighting goings-on in spaces we already have.
The latter is of special interest to me after having
served as an ombudsman
for wikimedia.
Are people aware of the fact, that joining that group and commenting there
could easily lead to
their real identity being linked to their wiki user name - and that this in
some cases could be
more dangerous than "voicing their opinions in other forums"?
I’d be shocked if people participating there were not aware that their IRL
identities could be linked to their Wikipedia identities. That’s a
determination folks have made, and are satisfied with. Though, this is
probably not a bad thing to remind folks of in that intro message.
Best,
-Andrew