On Dec 10, 2007 6:01 PM, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Matthew Brown wrote:
AFAIK, his name was never mentioned on the list.
I thought Durova's post was quite explicit about his user name. What list are we talking about?
Username does not equal name in most cases. If all you meant is that someone's username being mentioned in such a context is permanently damaging, well - is it more damaging than mentioning suspicions on the site itself?
A situation where nobody can ever even suggest that someone is behaving badly or suspiciously will not be good for Wikipedia, because some users DO behave badly or suspiciously and discussing that is necessary to reduce the damage that can be caused.
Nobody published the user's former identity on the list; I personally still do not know it, because I have not sought it out.
-Matt