I think they want a code of conduct as a background to any kind of enforcement, which sounds fairly legit.
Vito 2016-11-21 2:33 GMT+01:00 Adrian Raddatz <ajradd...@gmail.com>: > Oh, and similar to WereSpielChequers, I agree that better enforcement > methods would be far more useful than spending staff time and money > worrying about the codes of conduct. I understand that they are all the > rage on the west coast of the US these days, but it's not going to help us > finally stop someone who is using proxies to create more accounts to harass > someone. It's not hard to see that with access to proxies and mobile IP > ranges, someone can engage in sockpuppetry and abuse of our wikis > indefinitely. > > The WMF has made progress on this recently, but there is still nothing to > deter someone from engaging in prolonged campaigns of on-wiki harassment > using sockpuppets. Maybe it's time to think about a more strict account--> > operator connection, such as requiring email addresses on new account > creations and a method of checking accounts by email. > > Adrian Raddatz > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Adrian Raddatz <ajradd...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Similar to Vito, the safe space/code of conduct crowd has never > > demonstrated that any of these principles are not already held and > enforced > > across our projects. > > > > Adrian Raddatz > > > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Vi to <vituzzu.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Same here, ofc. > >> I still cannot understand how there could be online communities refusing > >> these very basic principles. > >> > >> Vito > >> > >> 2016-11-21 0:57 GMT+01:00 Alex Monk <kren...@gmail.com>: > >> > >> > On 20 November 2016 at 13:35, Jonathan Cardy < > >> werespielchequ...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > The nastiest trolling, personal attacks and certainly the rape and > >> murder > >> > > threats will get people blocked anywhere in the movement except > maybe, > >> > > definitely in the past but hopefully not today, on IRC. > >> > > > >> > > >> > I would kick+block people doing that sort of thing in the IRC channels > >> in > >> > which I am an op (e.g. #mediawiki, #wikimedia-labs and various minor > >> ones). > >> > I would be shocked to see ops of other channels willingly ignoring > that. > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > >> > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > >> > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > , > >> > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > >> i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>