[Foundation-l] Do we need a Code of Participation?

[Rob Smith]

On 11/7/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/7/07, Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:
> > I really dislike forced speech, and would leave the project if rather
> > than "sign" some statement other than one I freely made myself, if it
> > extended beyond minimally necessary things like agreeing to license my
> > contributions.
>
> Agreeing to a basic code of conduct seems similarly necessary to me --
> perhaps we're talking cross purposes. The only reason I'm not calling
> it "terms of use" or "code of conduct" is that I was looking for a
> more appealing phrase, but the intent is not to enforce some "pledge
> of Wikipedia allegiance" ("I pledge allegiance to the puzzle globe,
> and to the encyclopedia for which it stands, one wiki under Jimbo
> .."); rather, it would be the same in function as the ToS agreement
> many forums & online communities have, only shorter and simpler.
> --
> Toward Peace, Love & Progress:
> Erik
>
> DISCLAIMER: This message does not represent an official position of
> the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees.



I signed a statement
here<http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:zkvarYNmXBAJ:encyc.connectonline.com/index.php/Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation/Cberlet_and_Nobs01/Workshop+Wikipedia:Requests+for+mediation/Cberlet+and+Nobs01/Workshop&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us#Good%2520faith>
to
make a Good Faith effort to resolve disputes.

I was viciously defamed
here<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Chip_Berlet&diff=31768184&oldid=31767808>in
the process.

ArbCom responded
thusly<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Nobs01_and_others/Proposed_decision#Discourtesy_and_personal_attacks_by_Cberlet>
.

The offending party knew the defamations were
false<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AMA_Requests_for_Assistance/Requests/November_2006/Nobs02#Motion_2_by_Nobs01>
.

This abuse is outrageous.

Rob Smith
aka Nobs01