...on the other hand, there is a great difference between monitoring somebody's edits on Wikipedia and surveiling them in real life. Both of these have been called "stalking" by their victims, but I would say that while the first one could be part of a stalker's behavior, it isn't stalking by itself, while the latter very well could be.
Mark
On 11/06/2008, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Anthony wrote:
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Anthony wrote:
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Dennis During wrote:
Is stalking in the real world a crime in itself?
In most jurisdictions, yes. But as has been pointed out, enforcement can be very difficult.
And let me add that the Internet is part of the real world.
In a strict ultimate sense you are right of course,
Some behaviours would still cast doubt on that finding. :-)
I assume you're joking, but if someone is continuously harassing and/or threatening you, it doesn't matter whether it's by phone, by mail, by email, by instant message, by wiki talk page, by whatever. Stalking is stalking. Cyberstalking is stalking. Wikistalking is stalking. Anyone who persists in using one of the terms to mean less than that is harming society.
The Internet is part of the real world. Full stop.
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