On 18/09/2007, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/16/07, Armed Blowfish diodontida.armata@googlemail.com wrote:
Disclaimer: I don't really care. I would be more interested in giving blocked or banned users instructions for getting pages courtesy blanked or deleted,
There is often the presumption that pages which a banned (or should I say "terminally alienated" for some cases) user wants blanked or deleted may contain information which would make said user's new account(s) easier to identify in the future.
Banned... terminally alienated... community exile... it's all the same.
1. That is irrelevant if the banned user does not create a new account, but simply leaves. 2. In the case of banned users who have revealed their real (legal) name, particularly ones whose username is their real name, certain things written on Wikipaedia about them may be the equivalent of shouting ATTENTION POTENTIAL FUTURE EMPLOYERS. DO NOT HIRE [Banned user]. CANNOT POSSIBLY BE AN ASSET. DO NOT HIRE. 3. In the case of banned users who are using a long-standing pseudonym, things written on Wikipaedia about said user may affect their life in other areas where he they use that pseudonym. 4. In any case, some material on Wikipaedia about the user may be libellous, BLP vio, attacking, emotionally abusive, and/or hurtful. 5. Courtesy blanking does not hide anything from anyone except robots/search engines. 6. Many of the people doing sockpuppetry investigations have adminship anyway, which means access to deletion log info.
except unless you have a lawyer there doesn't seem to be any real procedure for that, or at least not one that's any better than the ED procedure.
With the exception of a handful of outlandish personal attacks from an "uninvolved [Redacted]" I never had any difficulty getting anything blanked or deleted. In fact a couple of pages concerning me were blanked and/or deleted without any request on my part. At the end of the day, I don't care.
—C.W.
I've been attacked for asking for certain material to be blanked from WP (some of which was even removed from WR) ... it was really much like asking ED to blank or delete something... the whole hey she responded let's hurt her even more!