[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[William Pietri]

K P wrote:
> To say say that because you're being stalked by another person who
> found you on Wikipedia gives you, the victim, a conflict of interest
> in Wikipedia empowers the stalker to the point of the ridiculous [...]
>   

I see what you're saying, but I still think there's a reasonable point 
in the other side.

A while back, I was pretty energetic in pushing back against what I saw 
as spam and self-serving bias on an article. Eventually the external 
community involved decided that I was a meanie who had it in for them. 
They dug through my on-line history and came to assorted ridiculous 
conclusions about me.

Now I could have gotten outraged, fought back, etc, etc. But why? They 
thought I had a conflict of interest; I thought they were wrong. Who 
could know the truth? Given their behavior, a reasonable observer could 
wonder if I I might have harbored retaliatory feelings after what could 
be considered stalking. Heck, I would wonder from time to time.

So I just asked for help, and a kind fellow editor stepped in. (Thanks, 
A.B.!) We have enough articles and enough people that there seems to be 
little cost to swapping people around when there's big drama. And 
there's a lot of benefit.

William


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William Pietri <william at scissor.com>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:William_Pietri