My advice would definitely be to email functionarie...@lists.wikimedia.org. Keeping them in the loop is very, very helpful.
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 27 January 2013 23:43, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > This happens all the time. It sounds like their attempt to alter the > content was thwarted. If not, alert a few admins privately, or send more > specific info to the functionaries-en mailing list so they can keep a > watchful eye on the articles in question. > > And talk to the offender and explain what they did contravenes Wikipedia > guidelines. > > In my opinion you should report it to an ethics board privately, if you > believe they did (intend to) break the industries ethical guidelines. Even > if they acted improperly, by intimidating someone, you need to follow > appropriate protocols. Two wrongs dont make a right. > > It sounds like you can inform press without breaking any confidences. Tell > them the account name or IP and let them independently guess who it is. > > John Vandenberg. > sent from Galaxy Note > On Jan 22, 2013 12:09 AM, "James Heilman" <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > A not really hypothetical question: > > > > Let say one is the director of marketing at a 16 billion dollar company > and > > decides to come to Wikipedia in an attempt to alter its coverage of one > of > > your companies key products (which has been hit fairly hard lately by the > > evidence). One also invites 50 of your best friends (most of which are on > > your pay role to join you in this effort). > > > > Let say you are trying to do it anonymously but both you and your > > associates send out a whole bunch of intimidating emails to a long > standing > > editor. Than this long standing editor without any real difficulty > figures > > out who you are (as you sort of did email him). You than "vanish" from > > Wikipedia. > > > > What if this long standing editor decided to either hand the story over > to > > the press or write something up for publication in a peer review journal > as > > said editor does not stand for intimidation easily? And this long > standing > > editor believes that the world / patients might be better off if > > this behavior become more widely known. How would the Wikimedia community > > apply the above two policies / guidelines (WP:COI and WP:OUTING)? > > > > -- > > James Heilman > > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l