[Foundation-l] Stalking Article

[Huib Laurens]

a first start is nowing that this things realy hapend. like a read
that is on the en.wiki the case. much people wil say if you tel them
that your a stalkt you are paranoïd.  :(

But i don't see the difference between wikistalking en cyberstalking.

greatzz,
huib

2008/6/10, George Herbert <george.herbert op gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Nathan <nawrich op gmail.com> wrote:
>> Who David Shankbone is, and why he is relevant to this thread, is
>> explained
>> in the link found in the first post.  He was a prolific member of  the
>> English Wikipedia and (I believe) English Wikinews, interviewing a number
>> of
>> high profile individuals and uploading multiple thousands of original
>> photos. He's since left the projects, due in part to harassment that he
>> describes in the linked article.
>
> David's case, which has been going on for quite a while, included very
> significant quantities of real-life harrassment and threats, much
> beyond the on-wiki incidents which were related.
>
> It is one of the better examples of a problem clearly transcending
> Wikipedia's ability to mitigate the effects, though there was more
> happening on-wiki than we should have allowed to happen.
>
> I appreciate that David is willing to speak out publicly about what
> happened to him.  Perhaps this will help motivate change.
>
>
> --
> -george william herbert
> george.herbert op gmail.com
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