[Foundation-l] Jeff Merkey Fiasco on English Wikipedia

[Mark Williamson]

I think it'd be good to add that most of us are also firmly against
stalking. As much as I may disagree with you on a personal level,
Jeff, I don't believe stalking is deserved by anyone, so if there was
anything I could do to help, I would. I'm sure that sentiment is
shared by quite a few others.

Mark

On 10/09/2008, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> I think you overestimate the power anyone on Wikipedia has over anyone else.
>
> There simply is no mechanism to stop some unnamed and unidentifiable
> individual
> from calling someone on the phone. If the phone call or other behavior
> constitutes
> harassment in your jurisdiction, you should report it to the police or
> relevant authority.
>
> Nathan
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:51 AM, <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Wikimedia,
>>
>> I am writing this because I am more than a little tired of the antics on
>> Wikipedia.
>>
>> I was notified several weeks ago someone from Wikipedia called an OEM
>> vendor who sells hardware for Wolf Mountain Group and Omega 8 attempting
>> to obtain personal information about me, and then harassed the owner of
>> this computer equipment supplier on the phone for editing on Wikipedia.
>> This person claimed to be with the English Wikipedia.   I reviewed the
>> site today after receiving emails from people on the site to the effect a
>> witch court of some sort has convened and banned me.
>>
>> Well, who cares.  Wikipedia is nothing more than an internet ant farm scam
>> and I never could care less.  What is disturbing to me if people are
>> calling on the phone myself and apparently other users and harassing them.
>>
>> I want it stopped -- and I mean it.
>>
>> This is your final warning.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
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