[Foundation-l] Using someone's real name instead of his wikiname

Mon Aug 21 17:34:07 UTC 2006

On 8/21/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hoi,
> There is a difference between what is published on Wikipedia and what is
> published on a mailing list. On all projects I am known as GerardM. It
> is trivial to find my full name. However, it is not up to anyone to make
> this connection on any of the Wiki projects.. Yes, you may deduce that
> my first name is probably Gerard.. :)
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> Paweł Dembowski wrote:
> > GerardM wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hoi,
> >> I do disagree utterly.
> >>
> >
> >
> >> I would be interested to see to what extend Waerth has made this
> connection.
> >> I am of the opinion that there should be no link between peopel IRL and
> >> people in their Wikimedia persona. There are few people where a link
> with
> >> their real life persona is justifiable, Jimmy Wales is one. Even Angela
> asks
> >> to have her article removed once her tenure as a board member has
> ended.
> >> It is not polite to say the least.
> >> Thanks,
> >>     GerardM
> >>
> >
> > Still, if someone uses his real name on a public mailing list, I don't
> > see how using that name in conversation at Wikipedia is a violation of
> > privacy. If Waerth doesn't want his real name to be public, he
> > shouldn't post on public mailing lists with his real name in the
> > "From:" field and in his e-mail address.
> >
> >
>
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In the long term, I think this anonymity policy is silly, and will get WP
and the WMF in more trouble than it avoids.

That said, users bludgeoning each other with real names is at the very least
uncivil.

-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com