[WikiEN-l] Real Names

Matthew Brown morven at gmail.com
Fri Sep 26 21:40:38 UTC 2008


On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:55 PM,  <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
> Are you sure Thomas? Wasn't there a recent case where a user was
> "indefinitely blocked" for merely mentioning the real name of Durova in-wiki  when
> actually her real name is known already.  The justification in that  case for the
> block, was merely mentioning the name.  That's all.  Not  stalking them
> in-the-real-world.

My definition of 'merely mentioning' does not include repeatedly doing
so after being repeatedly asked and then told to stop.  That's just
plain rude unless there's good reason for it.

-Matt



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