On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, Jimmy Wales wrote:
I would like to know exactly what kind of lunatic
would look up Angela's
birth date in a hometown hospital register, and why we should let them
edit Wikipedia rather than having a quiet debate about whether Angela's
safety would be enhanced by reporting the person to the authorities.
Some lunatic who believes what he has been told about Wikipedia rules, and
thus goes out and searches for a source?
Jimbo, this same argument can be applied in spades to the free images argument.
It's been pointed out many timesthat saying that it's "possible to get a
free
image of" a person simply because they are alive encourages behavior that in
other contexts would be seen as stalking.
"I'd want to know what kind of lunatic would follow a person and
surreptitiously take a free picture of them, and why we should let them edit
Wikipedia rather than have them arrested".