[Foundation-l] Global ban - poetlister?

John Vandenberg jayvdb at gmail.com
Fri Jun 3 23:10:03 UTC 2011


On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Scott MacDonald
<doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
> On Behalf Of George Herbert
>> Right.  Merely staying pseudonymous or anonymous is supported, but
>> taking on some other real life person's identity on English Language
>> Wikipedia is clearly prohibited now, and should be.  It's bad for all
>> the same reasons that real life identity theft is bad.
>>
>
>
> Woah
>
> Taking on some other real life person's identity on English Language
> Wikipedia IS real life identity theft!!!
>
> Remember, Wikipedia exists in the real world - not just in the one it
> creates.

they are only allegations until proven in a real world court.  and
that has not happened.

--
John Vandenberg



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