[WikiEN-l] User harrassed in real-life at work for admin actions

[NSLE (Wikipedia)]

Just FYI, running the IP through RIPE's Whois database returns info about a
couple of people based in Luxembourg... the name would suggest a company
rather than an ISP, although I'm probably wrong on that count...

--NSLE

On 4/8/06, Ben McIlwain <cydeweys at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Please see here:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Gator1
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> The short story: Gator1, an admin, blocked a user for 3RR on Phaistos
> Disc.  The user retaliated by posting a message threatening to make life
> miserable for Gator1 and then followed up on it, sending a letter to
> Gator1's employer that caused lots of problems, and also caused him to
> delete his user and talk page and leave the project.
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> Obviously, what this person did to attempt to ruin Gator's life is
> entirely unacceptable.  What can we do about it?  We have the IP address.
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> - --
> Ben McIlwain ("Cyde Weys")
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> ~ Sub veste quisque nudus est ~
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