[Foundation-l] Stalking, an attempt to clarify.

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Thu Jun 12 01:12:50 UTC 2008


White Cat wrote:
> Okay, I'll illustrate this with an example
>
> Say... For the sake of annoying you for his own pleasure someone decides to
> wikistalk you. He can do this by..
>
> ...  Voting oppose whenever you vote support and vote support when you vote
> oppose (very infrequently votes inline with your votes to throw the system
> off course)
> ... Taking a stance against articles you work on. This may include seeking
> to delete them, redirectifying them or other methods of effectively removing
> your work.
> ... Interfering with your other contribution such as attempts to dictate
> your talk page or user page
> ... Pursing you to other wikis such as commons, meta, en.wikinews, or some
> other wiki that you and your stalker can mutually understand.
>
> Overall the intention of a wikistalker is to harass and annoy.
>
> People are sometimes given medals for such conduct for the basic rationale
> of "my enemies enemy is my friend" principle.
Thank you very much for that contribution.

It precisely makes my point about the need for clear definitions!

Ec



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