Hoi, For stalking we do not have a known policy in the WMF. To me it is obvious that there *is *a need for a protocol that deals with stalking. For your information, there have been situations in the past where actual stalking was determined to exist by law enforcement agencies and this did result to convictions.
When a Wikipedian finds him or herself in a situation where he or she is stalked in a way as defined in their jurisdiction, they should indeed go to the police and report their situation. We have learned in the past that the police is not eager to deal with these situations and it is not unlikely that they try to fob you off. To ensure the attention of the police, it helps when you mention that the WMF is this organisation that represents one of the top ten websites of the world, that the WMF will cooperate with the police to protect their volunteers.
Going to the police is not a trivial matter, please consider your options before you take this step. You may want to get some advise first ...
FYI On facebook there is a group dedicated to this subject ... http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=17363516333
Thanks, GerardM
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:06 PM, John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:50 AM, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
"I didn't know" is an excellent tool for stalkers to play stupid with
their
sockpuppet accounts.
Thank goodness you kept this thread alive! It was almost dead.
-- John Vandenberg
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