[WikiEN-l] Daily Mail article on Sam Blacketer case

[Durova]

Very well stated.  The ability to oversight, or to promote a successful RfA,
or to checkuser, or even to be one vote among fifteen in whether dates
should be delinked--is all trivial compared to real world news like this.

Let's hope that everyone else who holds a position of similar trust
(arbitrator, functionary) examines these matters and takes proactive
measures to examine and remedy any other problems that may exist, both for
themselves and in review of their peers.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Andrew Turvey <andrewrturvey at googlemail.com
> wrote:

> ---- "AGK" <wikiagk at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > From: "AGK" <wikiagk at googlemail.com>
> > To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 15:24:30 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portugal
> > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Daily Mail article on Sam Blacketer case
> >
> > >
> > > To be fair on that last point, they hear we "resolve disputes" and they
> > > know there are hundreds of disputes a week. They just don't have the
> > > awareness AC doesn't solve 99% of them :)
> >
> > The argument stands: the Daily Mail are printing gross inaccuracies, and
> > it's harming our public image.
>
> Gross inaccuracies that harm our public image?
>
> Not that I can see. Some of the details are wrong - number of ArbCom cases
> for instance, but that's pretty irrelevant to the story or indeed our
> reputation. Likewise with the relationship between Wikimedia UK and the
> Foundation.
>
> The Daily Mail will spin the story as they see fit. What we might disagree
> with is the editorialising, which we can do little about, not any errors of
> fact.
>
> The harm to our public image comes from the fact that a senior trusted user
> has managed to deceive Wikipedia over a number of years and our systems were
> inadequate to deal with this.
>
> I hope there will be an honest debate in Wikipedia about how we can make
> sure this doesn't happen again. Coming not that long after the Essjay
> controversy, requiring trusted users to verify their identities seems like a
> sensible response.
>
> Andrew
>
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