ICYMI...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/wikipedia-rocked-by-rogue-editors...
Guess no organization can be completely safe vs. a few bad actors exploiting their positions of trust in it. But with so many people acting as voluntary editors, it's hard to see how the WF can protect itself from exposure when stuff like this happens. I mean, some of the victims are sure to sue the WF, since where there's money and a criminal offense, there's usually lawsuits. But worse than that is the black eye it gives the WF.
No winners in this mess. Sad day all around.
This is covered in depth at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Orangemoody
Good job to wikimedians and the WMF!
Regards, Richard.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Matt Campbell mcc99@hotmail.com wrote:
ICYMI...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/wikipedia-rocked-by-rogue-editors...
Guess no organization can be completely safe vs. a few bad actors exploiting their positions of trust in it. But with so many people acting as voluntary editors, it's hard to see how the WF can protect itself from exposure when stuff like this happens. I mean, some of the victims are sure to sue the WF, since where there's money and a criminal offense, there's usually lawsuits. But worse than that is the black eye it gives the WF.
No winners in this mess. Sad day all around.
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