The only possible problem I can see is if Gator was editing Wikipedia while at work. That potentially raises liability and reputation issues for the company since he was doing whatever this letter accused him of doing, on company time.
Otherwise, it's just embarrassing -- anything that makes a company take the time to say "what in the world is this?" brands someone as a potential problem employee, even if the action taken really does no harm to the company itself. I mean really, would YOU want to be sitting in your HR office explaining why someone wrote a nasty letter to your company about you?
k
On 4/8/06, Chris Lüer chris@zandria.net wrote:
Ben McIlwain wrote:
Please see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Inciden...
The short story: Gator1, an admin, blocked a user for 3RR on Phaistos Disc. The user retaliated by posting a message threatening to make life miserable for Gator1 and then followed up on it, sending a letter to Gator1's employer that caused lots of problems, and also caused him to delete his user and talk page and leave the project.
The most relevant piece of information is missing: what was said in that letter? I can't really imagine why an employer would get upset about what goes on at Wikipedia. At an article about ancient history.
I disagree with those who suggest to protect one's anonymity better because of this. It seems to me that hiding would be the worst possible response. If someone wants to use their real name on Wikipedia, they should be able to.
Chris
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