On 11/25/06, Sean Barrett sean@epoptic.com wrote:
Fred Bauder stated for the record:
Biggest problem is off-wiki targeting and stalking. No names, but at least 4 prominent women were strongly affected. And I can think of two others. Mostly it is framed as trying to access personal information, calling employers, etc. Imagining that one demonic woman is oppressing.
Do you have any ideas what we as Wikipedians can do that we aren't already doing? Law enforcement was notified in at least one case. I think that all of the perps are blocked for eternity from both the site and the mailing list.
Sean, one thing that would help is for editors who are doing it to be banned without hesitation, and admins to be desysopped. Currently, even that isn't happening. It might not stop the attacks, but it's pretty galling to have to edit alongside someone who's engaged in trying to track down your personal details on an attack site; even more galling when that person is a Wikipedia administrator.
Sarah