On Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 02:53, Pete Forsyth wrote:
In this case, I consider it highly relevant information, considering that someone in a position of trust in our community (chair of the UK board) was found by English Wikipedia's highest authority:
- (unanimously) to have violated important policies meant to protect the health of the community (failing to disclose information about his past accounts that he was required to disclose)
- (by a slim majority) to have made "unacceptable personal attacks"
- (unanimously) to have made "ad hominem attacks to discredit others"
- to have "attempted to deceive the community" on more than one count
- was banned (indefinitely, with opportunity for appeal starting in 1 year) from editing the encyclopedia
You seem to have omitted the bit about how he was subject to a relentless campaign of vicious homophobic abuse.
Or, indeed, ArbCom's complete failure to understand the importance of how such abuse and bullying occurs. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:SilkTork&diff=49842...
Given the numerous instance of female editors I've spoken to who have been the subject of painful stalking incidents, and the ongoing risk to women and other minority groups on-wiki, I'd suggest ArbCom's failure to understand the nature of such harassment ought to be rather concerning...
This is not to excuse what Fae has done. Two wrongs don't make a right. But let's not pretend that there's not another side to this sad tale.