On 5/31/06, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
Death Phoenix wrote:
It would be interesting if one of our admins works for a place that is
edgy
about these sorts of things. Someone calling to inquire about this admin would be in for a rude surprise. Something like, say, calling a police station asking for information about a police officer ss not a good idea.
One thing that I think editors should do is to make employers and such aware of their WP activities as much as possible. WP's visibility and reputation is now such that it's generally a positive thing to be seen as an important person in WP, and should a nasty person call, it helps the callee to recognize it as stalking rather than anything legitimate. Be proud of your work for Wikipedia, and let everybody know about it.
Oh, yes it is. In fact, my Wikipedia activities have actually been a positive thing because we've got a couple of interdepartmental Wikis, and I'm a bureaucrat on one of them.