[WikiEN-l] Re: outside evidence and arbitration

[sannse]

Camembert wrote (in part):

> I can understand why somebody's behaviour in fora other than the Wikipedia
> might cause us to regard their work with a little more suspicion than the
> work of other users, but I really don't think we should make any decisions
> on what we do with them at the 'pedia on the basis of what they do
> elsewhere. It's basically irrelevant whether Mr. NH (or anybody else) is
> causing trouble outside the 'pedia, and I don't like the implication that
> if you're to edit at the Wikipedia, you have to behave well elsewhere. If
> somebody is a stirling Wikipedia user but likes to troll on usenet, well,
> so what? Similarly, if somebody is a lousy Wikipedia user, but loves his
> mum and is good to cats, so what?
>
> And again, if somebody is a problem Wikipedia user and also a problem
> elsewhere, so what? Our concern isn't that Mr. NH is at the centre of
> trouble outside the Wikipedia, it's that he's at the centre of trouble
> inside the Wikipedia. That's all that matters and is quite enough for us
to
> take action if we have to.

I agree totally.  I don't think behavour outside Wikipedia should be
relevant in Wikipedia arbitrations.

--sannse