On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Andrew West <andrewcwest(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Totally agree. I think it is reasonable that candidates should be
asked to reveal their wikimedia user names (I'm not sure it should be
made compulsory though), but demanding that they reveal all their
multifarious online identities unrelated to wikimedia is going way too
far, and would be an unenforceable and unwarranted invasion of
privacy.
Andrew
Personally I would also agree. We also have to balance the need for
voters to have all the information they reasonably require to make
their decision with a need to encourage people to come forward to
stand for election.
Pseudonymity is still very much a part of the internet, and many
people still run blogs, twitter accounts and so forth on that basis.
If they're not related to Wikimedia, I'm not sure I understand why
people should be compelled to reveal them - or indeed how such a rule
could ever be enforced.
I'd rather leave it up to the voters to decide.