[WikiEN-l] Brandt unblocked by Jimbo - community support?

[Slim Virgin]

On 4/19/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Jimmy has given three reasons:
> * he asked nicely
> * we are talking about a productive way forward in the future
> * it has been more than a year
>
> These seem like good reasons to me, and I trust his judgment in this
> matter. I think we should all be willing to try out such experiments
> more frequently, rather than dividing our world into friends and
> enemies.
>
The problem with it, Erik, is that it sends a message that users may
harass and stalk other users, post libel about them, out them, contact
their employers, contact their boyfriends, and generally try to make
life miserable for them, so long as they do it off-wiki.

Is that your position?

Sarah