He quit, and Siegenthaler "urged Chase's boss to rehire him". Siegenthaler also "said he 'was not after a pound of flesh' and would not take Chase to court." "I still believe in free expression," he said. "What I want is accountability."

Heh, I still don't understand exactly what Siegenthaler's whole point is.

Anthony

On 12/11/05, Snowspinner Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:

I'm glad to see that Siegenthaler and one of our established trolls have now managed to create a culture of hysteria such that a harmless prankster has been fired.

-Phil

On Dec 11, 2005, at 3:39 PM, Anthony DiPierro wrote:

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/ 2002677060_wiki11.html

You know, I was just thinking a few hours ago that if I was the one who did this I would confess to it. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Maybe Chase should sue Siegenthaler for destroying his reputation with his libellous USA Today editorial. After all, he did accuse Chase of having a "sick mind". And unlike Siegenthaler, Chase actually suffered damages as a result.

Anthony

Oh yeah, </sarcasm>

On 12/11/05, Snowspinner Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:

It seems somewhat disingenuous for Siegenthaler to urge his boss to rehire him after creating the hysteria in the first place.

-Phil

On Dec 11, 2005, at 3:47 PM, Anthony DiPierro wrote:

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He quit, and Siegenthaler "urged Chase's boss to rehire him". Siegenthaler also "said he 'was not after a pound of flesh' and would not take Chase to court." "I still believe in free expression," he said. "What I want is accountability."

Heh, I still don't understand exactly what Siegenthaler's whole point is.

Anthony

On 12/11/05, Snowspinner Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:

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I'm glad to see that Siegenthaler and one of our established trolls have now managed to create a culture of hysteria such that a harmless prankster has been fired.

-Phil

On Dec 11, 2005, at 3:39 PM, Anthony DiPierro wrote:

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/ 2002677060_wiki11.html

You know, I was just thinking a few hours ago that if I was the one who did this I would confess to it. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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On 12/12/05, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:

I'm surprised nobody else has suggested combining this with the new article template - seed it with the lengthy description of how the "harmless prankster" was tracked down and lost his job, see whether it has any salutary effect. I imagine the prospect of unpleasant real-world consequences would discourage many vandals and trolls.

I think we should all arm ourselves with guns and post pictures of us wielding them on our userpages and write "TROLLS, WE WILL HUNT YOU DOWN".

I think that would set just about the right tone for Wikipedia contributors.

Hasn't anybody learned that a sense of risk and minor illegality is what *encourages* vandalistic behavior?

Anyone?