On Apr 19, 2007, at 10:28 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
I don't think that anyone has threatened me with violence or a lawsuit in connection with Wikipedia activities, though if it were to happen I would first pause to assess the credibility of the threat. In the case of a threat I would be very much inclined to tell the person, "Put up or shut up, but do it in my jurisdiction."
I have. They put up. I would not wish it on another contributor.
I don't think that it's up to WMF to protect admins from themselves. WMF has no control over the way that admins do their work; they are not employees. Just because they have gone through the gauntlet of earning adminship does not magically turn them into representatives of the Foundation.
It is, I think, a moral responsibility for the project to do what it can to support its volunteers. When a volunteer is in danger because of their actions for Wikipedia - particularly because of their good actions for Wikipedia - we owe it to them to do what we can.
-Phil