Talk:North American History 2016-17

Privacy & revealing candidate's names
26 Sept, discussion moved from Princeton posting
 * [NB: The same person has publicized this new hire's name at least three times on the wiki. Each time, it's redacted because they want privacy. Please knock it off.]
 * The idea that landing this job (or any other job, for that matter) is somehow a "private" matter is ridiculous. If the offer has been accepted--and in this case it has been--it's part of the public record.
 * Good luck to you, sure you'll be a great colleague.
 * I wasn't the person who initially posted information on who was hired, but I did respond above--and I'm a tenured professor who's served on several search committees myself. There's no reason that information about the outcome of a search, any search, should be private. This is NOT a situation in which someone who already has a job might be outed to their current employer as applying elsewhere. This is a situation in which someone has agreed to work for a given institution and is, in fact, on their damn website. I'd love to hear more about how that's supposed to be secret information. (Also, who wouldn't want to be known as Daniel Rodgers's replacement? That right there is lunacy.)
 * [26 Sept '16] Mod note: the terms of use of the wiki do ask you to abide by basic privacy and data protection restrictions; usually for job postings that means you must not post private (or 'identifying') information without permission - for example the names of short listed candidates.  However, if the information is in the public domain (e.g. it is announced on an open mailing list, or departmental home page), it is usually acceptable to link to, or repost that information. Hope that helps. AFII (talk) 08:34, September 26, 2016 (UTC)