[WikiEN-l] Re: Arbitration Committee members granted checkuser tool

[Fred Bauder]

No, if they are in such a situation they should cry out to the very  
heavens. And we should make every effort to expose any government  
that acts against them. Not that we should misrepresent the situation  
or our weakness should such events occur. I don't think anyone in  
North Korea, Cuba, the People's Republic of China, Iran or Saudi  
Arabia is so naive as to think that selecting the link, "edit this  
page" is a safe thing to do.

Fred

On Nov 14, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Carbonite wrote:

>  If someone's life or family is endangered by editing Wikipedia,  
> they should
> immediately stop. Seriously, if a user is in a situation where  
> they'll lose
> their job, freedom or life because of what they contribute to a  
> website,
> they need to take responsibility for themselves and cease all  
> editing. Of
> course we need to protect the privacy of all editors, and I fully  
> support
> removal of checkuser access for anyone who misuses the tool. However,
> ultimately it up to the every user to ensure they're not putting  
> themselves
> at risk.
>  Carbonite