On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Dan Rosenthal swatjester@gmail.com wrote:
I believe on English Wikipedia we have an arbitration finding to that effect (MONGO 1), that says that we should support victims of harassment (which stalking certainly qualifies as).
-Dan
We do have that ruling, but it's consistently ignored, including by ArbCom members. We allow people to use Wikipedia (posts to articles, to talk pages, to AN/I, RfCs, and RfArs) to harass others; and then we allow the harassment to be discussed; and then the discussions are discussed, all of which creates more harassment for the target -- which is often the intent. It's a situation that has been going on for a couple of years and is only getting worse; it's the reason the cyberstalking list was started, but despite a lot of talk, there has been no fundamental change. The bottom line is that we have to stop giving people who have engaged in harassment a platform in the name of free speech and AGF.
Sarah