Hi all,

Firstly I would note that the item on Jimmy's talk page is from an account with a one-off edit, that its language is inuendo and gossip with potentially a significantly bad impact on the person being fingered.

I think this is trolling.

However, the term "Wiki-related events" could refer to the London Wiki meetups, or events organised by Wikimedia UK. Also, there is a specific allegation that WMUK procedures are so lax that there are no adequate records concerning WMUK equipment. The vague nature of the slur offers a number of interpretations, including that the allegedly missing property belongs to WMUK, and that WMUK is implicated in not taking appropriate action.

Mike Peel's comment that "Apparently WMUK's not missing any equipment..." is useful, but I feel WMUK needs to issue official confirmation, specifically addressing:

a) Whether any WMUK property has gone missing b) Whether any complaint about missing property has arisen from any WMUK organised event c) If either the above situations have arisen, how it is being handled d) Clarifying that the London Meetups are a community-organised event held in a public place at which participants are encouraged to exercise the same level of care for their personal belongings as they would in any other public venue.

I feel we need to nip this in the bud.

all the best

Fabian User:Leutha

Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:08:07 +0000 From: Richard Symonds richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Allegation of thefts at London wikimeets Message-ID: CACHSVDy5kWkHf591p_tkMCOY4+K-bmxPXSzm9DP=q6DnSCopOA@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

This is the first I've heard of it - but it is indeed something that should be reported directly to the police. If true then it may well be a theft.

If anyone has any more information about this, then please contact the police as a priority (dial 101).

Otherwise, I think we should keep discussion on this list relatively general, as talking about a specific unsolved incident with other people in a public forum makes it much more difficult for the police to get best evidence, because it taints the evidence of others.

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