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)