[Foundation-l] Stalking Article

Dan Rosenthal swatjester at gmail.com
Mon Jun 9 20:29:22 UTC 2008


I believe on English Wikipedia we have an arbitration finding to that effect
(MONGO 1), that says that we should support victims of harassment (which
stalking certainly qualifies as).

-Dan

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:57 PM, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The reason why stalking is a very serious problem is because people pretend
> as if it isn't a problem. Stalking typically only concerns the person that
> is been stalked and doesn't concern others in the sense it is .
>
> As Jimbo pointed out if someone is getting stalked or harassed we have this
> strange culture of furthering whatever that is. It is rather easy for a
> stalker to find people to join him/her in the attack. Ah the
> "wiki-enemies"...
>
> No one deserves to be stalked. Do not allow stalking of a stranger or even
> someone you dislike or even despise. You yourself may be even stalked.
>
> Stalking is the #1 reason why our most notable and worthwhile contributors
> were disgusted away from this project. Do not count me, consider how NYB
> and
> many others were slowly but surely alienated from the project.
>
>    - White Cat
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
> > I have not personally hired Gavin de Becker or any similar firm.
> >
> > It would be best if peopel not repeat rumors, particularly when people's
> > personal safety may be at stake.
> >
> > --Jimbo
> >
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Dan Rosenthal


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