Or we could hire someone to throw him a shoe or perhaps a pretzel ;) - White Cat
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:19 AM, George Herbert <george.herb...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Ian Woollard <ian.wooll...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > 2008/12/11 Fran Rogers <f...@nutmeg.ws>: > > > Personally, I'm utterly bamboozled. This kid is nineteen years old and > in > > > college; he's an adult, and he has his entire life ahead of him. Yet he > > > still continues to anonymously threaten and harass people on the > > Internet, > > > even though he's clearly stepped into illegal territory, his identity > is > > > known along with reams of evidence of his misdeeds connecting them to > > him, > > > and his parent upon whom he's still dependent has been alerted. And he > > still > > > soldiers on, using Mom's broadband to move pages on Wikipedia to titles > > "I > > > will rape and murder (insert admin here)." What could possibly be > running > > > through his mind? And how can he be stopped? > > > > If he's making threats of violence and stalking then you should > > contact his local police. They'll probably at least discuss it with > > him and he'll either stop or eventually criminal proceedings will > > occur. Doesn't sound like there's any other option. > > > > Forensic analysis of his computer could doubtless prove it was him > > doing this, not his mother who shares the same IP. > > > > You could also contact his ISP. It puts them in a bad light to have > > someone like that on their networks and nearly always violates T&C- > > they might well want to terminate his service. But he'll probably just > > get another ISP; but depending on where he lives there might not be > > many ISPs in his area. > > > Perhaps the Foundation could send a cease-and-desist letter to both her and > him, cc the ISP? > > > -- > -george william herbert > george.herb...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l