Blocking is just that, a possibly ineffective remedy should he use a wide range of dynamic addresses. Following dispute resolution you can certainly see him banned and blocked as much as possible, indeed under our personal attacks policy he can be blocked immediately. I gather you don't want to do it yourself, but a new administrator will be elected and all that can be done on that front will probably be done.
Blocking does not address the underlying issue that he can in the policially and religiously charged athmoshere in Iran potentially make good on his threats. This is an issue that needs to be handled through institutions such as the Persian Academy (if indeed you belong to such an organization). Absurd denunciations need to be recognized as such, not taken seriously by those in authority. This attitude takes a while to develop and requires exposure of this sort of thing in public forums.
If indeed you have made edits and expressed opinions which are vulnerable to successful attack by political and religious authorities themselves outsiders such as ourselves can do some good by publicizing the matter and exposing it. This can be small comfort in practical terms.
Fred
From: Roozbeh Pournader roozbeh@gmail.com Reply-To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 06:45:01 +0430 To: wikipedia-l@wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikipedia-l] personal threats again
Recently, an anonymous user only writing on talk pages has started attacking me heavily on the Persian Wikipedia (and also a little on the English one). He has also threatened me on the Persian Wikipedia with "I will start a war, both here and on the English Wikipedia. I will also get you kicked out of the Persian Academy" and things like that, and has ridiculed us by saying that blocking his IP address won't stop him, as he is using dynamic addresses. This is some of his more polite wording (in English), where he is calling me a "wild dog":
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Roozbeh&diff=519429... d=5194027
Unfortunately, there is only one other admin on the Persian Wikipedia besides me, I will not have access to the Internet for some time starting this Wednesday, and the process for electing a few new admin won't end until at least two weeks (and there are not so many eligible candidates either).
Any recommendations?
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