On 8/25/05, JAY JG jayjg@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Lisa Thurston lisathurston@gmail.com Jay, if this user was to write on the Stormfront noticeboard "Sorry guys I've changed my mind. Let's edit our own encyclopaedia and leave Wikipedia alone." would you unblock him?
Lisa, perhaps I didn't make this clear enough: I didn't block him. SlimVirgin has already said if you disagree with the block please write to SlimVirgin or Homeontherange ...
Lisa, please drop me a note in private if you have concerns about this. Just to make clear once again: he was blocked for posting the list of editors on the other website. The relevant part of the blocking policy is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Personal_attacks_whic...
I feel that Amalekite exposed the people on his "hit list" to potential religious or ethnic persecution outside Wikipedia by posting on an anti-Semitic website a list of Wikipedians he believes are Jews. Some of the user names allow those people to be traced using only online information. For me, it was enough to warrant a block. This kind of behavior has nothing to do with writing an encycylopedia.
I probably won't respond again to this topic, though I'd be happy to hear from anyone offlist. I just wanted to link to the relevant part of the blocking policy for those of you who still have concerns.
Sarah