[Foundation-l] Stalking Article

[Lars Aronsson]

Geoffrey Plourde wrote:

> Greg;
> 
> Thanks for your concerns. I believe that the Foundation should 
> take the step of affirming that they will not stand for stalking 
> of users, not necessaily a huge banhammer. The group of users 
> would be more productive in hunting down and bringing justice to 
> the stalkers.


I'm not sure what exactly you mean with "will not stand for". But 
as I think Greg implied, it is a problem if the WMF opens up to 
abuse of any such protection.  When people "cry wolf", how do we 
know if that is a real case of stalking or not?  Is there a way?  
Who is an expert on how to deal with stalking?  Can they write 
down some useful guidelines?  Can we teach admins and stewards on 
this?  Or is [[Wikipedia:Harassment]] fine already, with its 
recommendation that the harassed user should act calmly?

The article [[stalking]] begins with five message boxes requesting 
neutrality, improvement and input from experts.


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