This might also be a good time to mention the conversation about harassment
on the recent Inspire grant project. Fourteen of the proposals were
concerned with managing harassment. I don't believe I ever saw anyone from
the Foundation comment on this.
Instead we now have the English Wikipedia's Arbcom taking on their third or
fourth sexual harassment within the year, without having even established a
working definition of what it is.
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Neotarf <neotarf(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Totally understandable. I too have also been sexually
harassed and
doxxed, on at least two other sites besides WP. The ArbCom and the WMF are
well aware of it, and have been unwilling to lift a finger against it.
There is a book about cyber harassment making the rounds: "Hate Crimes in
Cyberspace" by Danielle Keats Citron ISBN 978-0-674-36829-3 describing both
the horrible price that individuals pay and the legal underpinnings of the
problem. It's a pity WP is not in the vanguard of this movement in the same
way it has pioneered in other areas. Instead, those who report harassment
will find themselves treated worse than the harassers.
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Carol Moore dc <carolmooredc(a)verizon.net>
wrote:
On 5/26/2015 8:35 PM, LB wrote:
Due to off-wiki harassment, I have retired. Thank
you to those of you
who have been friendly with me over the past year.
Lightbreather
Plus all that on-wiki harassment!
I did notice something interesting and actually positive in
Lightbreather's arbitration, compared to GGTF and others I've seen.
Which is that now editors only can comment on Arbitration talk pages in
their own sections. This lessens opportunities for drive-by harassing
taunts against, and replies against, various editors who harassers are
trying to get kicked off Wikipedia. They have to take responsibility in
their own sections. Perhaps my screaming about "institutionalized
harassment at Arbcom" had at least this minor effect... I hope they keep
it for all future arbitrations...
Announcement on this page, after which went into effect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Ligh…
Also in effect here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Ligh…
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