[Wikimedia Kenya] Survey

[stephen wanjau]

Having said that we should scrap the names off the survey and I guess that
way we will be good to go.

Thanks.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:55 AM, SAMSON MAOSA <coolsam726 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings again. Steve, I really appreciate your opinion. However, let's be
> more realistic: Even in a questionnaire, the respondents feel more free to
> air their opinion when they have the security that not even one person will
> identify their specific responses. The fact that Wikimedia Kenya is
> Democratic alone will not give people the confidence to speak pure truth. In
> that case I am sorry to say that there are those who will give responses
> that are "edited" in order to ensure that they do not condemn me or Abbas or
> Oscar or Chris or Steve or Lilian or anybody else. Therefore the survey will
> just be a painted picture.
>
> @Chris,
>
> However, these names
>> shouldn't be revealed to anyone after the survey or when the results
>> are being released
>>
> By "anyone" you mean even the one physically involved with the conduction
> of the survey right?
>
> @Abbas,
>
> I initially didn't put the name field, but I thought it was important to
>> prevent one from participating twice.
>>
> You were on the right direction, and you gave it the best decision. In
> future we have to look for a better solution against multiple participation.
> You will agree with me that the name field doesn't solve the problem at all.
> I can poise as Grace and submit my survey under her name....
>
> The best solution I can think of right now is this: Each person is at
> liberty to determine much of themselves they should give. As such, those who
> feel their privacy is jeopardized by their IDs being known can opt to use
> Anonymous in the name field. In this case I rely on the democratic maturity
> and responsibility of all the members since this is a voluntary exercise and
> does not benefit an individual in any way, such that no one should have any
> malicious reason to participate twice.
> Those are just my thoughts, and they are fully subject to criticism.
> Have a nice day y'all
>
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