Well, considering my life was already kind of in shambles beforehand, there
wasn't much more to be done, and I didn't risk much, but still, I valued my
privacy then - and still do.
I live in France with french citizenship, where I enjoy a rather
comfortable freedom of expression, but I'm also
Putting it simple WMF/functionaries/the community itself should take the
less invasive actions needed to protect themselves.
A public list of "persona non grata" for events is needed for sure, but I
don't see any practical need to have it publicly shared.
Vito
Il giorno ven 5 lug 2019 alle ore
> Den fre. 5. jul. 2019 kl. 11.53 skrev Thomas Townsend > You don;t explain why being "doxxed" was a bad thing for you, or
> > indeed what the downside is for anyone, You simply assert that it is
> > a Bad Thing and must not happen. Would you like to give your reasons
> > for those assertions?
Doxxing is often considered as harassment. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment#Posting_of_personal_information
Isaac
On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, 12:30 PM Todd Allen Doxing means to reveal personal data about someone against their wishes. So
> if you found out my address and
Doxing means to reveal personal data about someone against their wishes. So
if you found out my address and telephone number and posted it to this
thread, that would be doxing me.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, 5:26 AM Thyge wrote:
> - and please explain the meaning of 'doxxed" as well. Is that US slang?
- and please explain the meaning of 'doxxed" as well. Is that US slang?
Thyge - Sir48
Den fre. 5. jul. 2019 kl. 11.53 skrev Thomas Townsend :
> Alphos
>
> You don;t explain why being "doxxed" was a bad thing for you, or
> indeed what the downside is for anyone, You simply assert that it is
> a
I was doxxed by someone in the movement a few years ago, and I cannot stress
this enough : WE MUST NOT DOXX PEOPLE.
It doesn't matter how good our intentions are.
It doesn't matter how bad these people are.
We as a community choose to block, ban, lock, whether or not globally, the
accounts of
> Why do you think this is important and what real purpose do you think this
> will serve?
A good question. The stated object of global bans is "to help assure
the safety of users of the Wikimedia projects and/or assist in
preventing prohibited behavior that hinders dialogue, project
development
Well, first off, there's no guarantee that anyone even knows their real
name. They could find mine, sure, but then I've never made an attempt to
keep it secret. I suspect many editors never have given out their real
name, and publishing a guess would be unethical beyond belief.
But just no, in
Why do you think this is important and what real purpose do you think this
will serve? Well, I don't think WMF would log global banned users by their
real for a number of reasons and I don't see any reason why they should
start doing that.
Regards,
Isaac
All,
In an attempt to move the discussion on from unprofitable and
inappropriate speculations about information shared in confidence,
let's look at one of the aspects that is made public. When the WMF
issues a WMF Global Ban in line with
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Ban_Policy it
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