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

[Ray Saintonge]

Carbonite wrote:

>On 11/14/05, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>In case you are not aware of it, Yahoo recently helped the chinese
>>government to uncover a chinese "dissident" and this lead the guy to
>>prison. Have no doubts that some of our participants, in particular
>>those from certain regions, or those participating to wikinews, are at
>>the same amount of risk. *You* could yourself directly endanger a life
>>in giving private information. I hope that in spite that you do not
>>receive a sufficient financial compensation, you will be careful. I
>>think feeling less responsability due to the fact you are not paid is
>>not a very good approach of the tool.
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>>
>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.
>
That sounds like you don't think that people should stand up for what 
they believe. 

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