[Foundation-l] Global ban - poetlister?

[Thomas Morton]

Hmm, assuming that el-Reg article is the full extent of the issue, then
there seems no reason to demand a global ban. Bad stuff happened on WP with
him impersonating real people, that seems to be dealt with. Unless there is
anything more, the response seems kosher...

Except other comments indicate this is not the extent of it.

Here is the problem; the el'reg article is a load of rubbish, of little
information in relation to *why this person is bad news for the whole of
WMF. *My inclination on these matters is, generally, to be harsh and get rid
of them. But you're making it very difficult with the vague and meaningless
responses to make me, personally, come out and support such an action.

No offence, but.. any of his on-wiki or within-WMF activities should be fine
for public knowledge, and I fail to see why the wider majority should be
asked to comment or support these actions without running over the basic
details.

In case my point isn't obvious *that *is why global bans are probably seeing
so much resistance. Secretive shit.

Yes, I am pushing hard here. But this sort of discussion should not be taken
lightly; *what sort of activity requires a global ban*?

Tom

(p.s. the signpost link doesn't work for me - if that addresses my above
issues then apologies)

On 4 June 2011 01:54, Scott MacDonald <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-
> > bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Morton
> > Sent: 04 June 2011 01:41
> > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Global ban - poetlister?
> >
> > Not at all! That would be bad, and misses the point - I don't care at
> > all
> > who he is in meat space.
> >
> > But consider me unable to pick apart the million threads of information
> > about his on-wiki activities. I've tried, and need a better intro.
> >
> > Tom
> >
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> Far be it from me to point anyone to the Register, but this is the best
> record I can find.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/19/wikipedia_civil_servant_scandal/prin
> t.html
>
> See also:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-09-15/Poetlis
> ter
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> Scott
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