On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:14 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can anyone else from the language committee offer a credible > explanation of their special requirement for secrecy? Surely if this > is a requirement, it can be explained, as Gerard did not.
Hello David, There are some cases where confidentiality is necessary. We routinely ask external experts for their evaluation of the test project content before project approval, as Yaroslav mentioned early in this discussion. These external persons are sometimes in situations where speaking negatively about the content may be seen as an attack on nationalist or culturalist interests, and put them at risk of professional or personal reprisal. These persons are offered confidentiality to protect them and to ensure we get their honest opinion. However, most content can be safely made public and is published to the public archives if the email authors agree. These have not been updated recently, but only because I have not had time to do so; they should be updated in the coming months, now that someone has joined with public archival as one of their goals. By the way, the language committee never makes official statements. Any comments from Gerard or I are our personal comments. -- Yours cordially, Jesse (Pathoschild) _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l