Hi Natacha
I am not sure this thread is about whether T&S action was in order or not.
Aside the recent WP:FRAM, I am not aware of a single instance where T&S action's was criticized largely by the community or those you described as official representative of movement/chapters. Most opinion expressed at WP:FRAM are mere speculations and relies entirely on what Fram thought might be the reason for their ban.
That being said, some members of the community who are familiar with Romaine's past works considered them valuable to our movement and I think that should be respected. Interpreting their comments as endorsement of the behaviour that led to T&S's action and criticising official representative of chapters who pen down a farewell note is inappropriate.
Romaine, there are other ways to volunteer and as you may already be aware, you don't have to attend Wikimedia events to add value to our movement. There are plenty of ways to make a difference. Personally, I appreciate your on-wiki works and I hope you will continue the good works. But if you want to quit contributing altogether, I wish you all the best in your future endeavor.
Good luck.
Isaac
On Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 6:57 AM Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
First of all I don’t know the context of this conversation. I know that I personnally find that the actions of Trust& Safety very valuable and wise. I totally support and trust their judgement.
I am tired of seing their work criticized, and do not appreciate official chapter representants and employees publicly supporting alleged offenders, showing no aknowledgement of the fact that this is very toxic for alleged victims, and does not help to change attitude towards issues of harrassment.
How can we feel safe in the movement if the decisions of T&S are questionned by official members of our movement?
Nattes à chat
Le 21 juin 2019 à 01:04, Chris Keating chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com a écrit :
It is extremely disappointing, and *extremely typical* of the Wikimedia movement, to see an entire thread like this dedicated to supporting
someone
who Trust & Safety has found to have acted in such a way that they had
to
intervene. It is even more disappointing to see a person who was
affected
by his actions told "this is not your story" and "it may help you when
you
grow some sensitivity and respect this experience, the feelings of others."
If you're wondering why women leave the Wikimedia movement, and why Wikimedia has such a bad harassment problem in general, just reflect on this thread.
Thank you, Molly, for expressing what I was just trying to summon the energy to write.
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