GorillaWarfare,
Thank you for the statement.
Perhaps you and your colleagues at Arbcom could explain your current
efforts against COI editing when evidence of such activity is brought to
your attention in private (in alignment with current ENWP Arbcom guidance),
and also what more you think could be done to address the problem.
I agree that harassment also is a problem, and I would not condone "false
flag" accusations of paid editing as an excuse to effectively dox another
editor.
At the same time, it seems to me that our current systems and resources for
addressing both COI editing and harassment are insufficient. WMF is working
on the harassment issue, both in SuSa and in Community Tech, and that work
may have some spillover benefits into the work that attempts to address COI
editing. I am wondering if you would agree with my previous comments to the
effect that WMF should also take a more active role in pursuing paid
editors, and enforcing financial penalties against them as a deterrent
against engaging in activity that violates the TOS and sucks up countless
hours of high-skill volunteer time in investigations and remediation.
Thanks,
Pine
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:45 AM, GorillaWarfare <
gorillawarfarewikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The Arbitration Committee has just published a
response to this statement:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard#
Response_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_statement_on_paid_editing_and_outing
– Molly (GorillaWarfare)
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:17 PM, Jacob Rogers <jrogers(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi all,
As I mentioned in my email earlier this month, we've put together a
longer
statement regarding paid editing and how we see
the balance of the
communities' role and the role that WMF legal can play in these cases. We
tried to address the concerns that people have raised to us, and explain
when it's helpful to contact us to assist on a case. Of note, it does
explain what actions we can take even in cases that don't involve the WMF
trademarks.
You can find it here: Wikimedia Foundation statement on paid editing and
outing
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_
Foundation_statement_on_paid_editing_and_outing>
Best,
Jacob
--
Jacob Rogers
Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged
information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please
delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the
Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal
advice
to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members,
volunteers, or staff
members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please
see
our legal disclaimer
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.
_______________________________________________
ArbCom-l mailing list
ArbCom-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/arbcom-l
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
<mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>