I think, in this context, "verbal" means "using words to communicate",
not
"using speech to communicate". So, verbal assault would be "assault with
words", not "assault with speech".
From,
Emily
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Alison Cassidy <cooties(a)mac.com> wrote:
On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Nathan wrote:
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 4 June 2012 13:34, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In the context of Wikipedia editing, what does it mean to have been
"assaulted"?
That's a good question, Nathan. In my workplace, we classify assaults as
physical and verbal; I suppose from the WMF-project perspective, we'd be
looking at (mainly) verbal assaults, either onwiki or via email.
There have been some genuine, documented stalking situations (in the true
sense of the word, with off-wiki contacts that include phone calls and
sometimes even a physical presence), but they are presumably quite rare.
I'd also say that neither are limited to being directed at female users;
however, particularly given the small number of women editing on the
projects, I suspect that they are disproportionately at the receiving end
of such behaviour. I have no evidence that this is the case, though.
Risker/Anne
Ok. To ask a follow-up, and I'm sorry if this is a dense question but I
genuinely don't have the answer, what is an example of a verbal assault? I
understand the wiki-parameters of harassment, and can recognize insults and
rude behavior etc., but I'm just not sure what I would classify as an
assault among purely text-based exchanges.
Hi Nathan,
Here's a somewhat extreme example of what could be called a 'verbal
assault' based on one's gender;
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AWondergay&diff=40…
I kept this one bookmarked because of the 'wow' factor, but there are
dozens and dozens of others.
-- Allie (User:Alison)
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