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