Additional notes: The user's regular page can be viewed on en wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:QueerEcofeminist Queer may have to do with gender identity as opposed to being an indicator of 'sexual behavior', so the blockers didn't even get that right. Example: I am gender-nonconforming as to my gender identity and expression; this is the primary reason I use the label 'queer'.
I believe this should be reported... somewhere. But I don't know where. The WMF CoC only covers technical spaces. A little help here? Ariel On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 4:26 PM Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do we have cross project policies to govern or limit local policies > for the use of sysop tools? I would like to pass on policy advice, and > any past cases folks here would like to highlight that set a > precedent. > > The case below is illustrative, though based on my recall of several > complaints which went nowhere over the years, on email lists, and > Jimmy's talk page, about apparently arbitrary blocks on different > non-English Wikipedias, it seems reasonable to believe those > complaints are the tip of the iceberg, and there are likely to be many > historical cases of blocks that could have been appealed... had the > user been confident to complain in English, and have the energy to > pursue generic WMF policies on terms of use, or > harassment/discrimination, to establish a meta-level case. > > # Example case > > An account block on the Amharic Wikipedia (am.wp) was flagged up > yesterday on the WM LGBT+ Telegram discussion group.[3] The rationale > for blocking the account was because the account name includes the > word "Queer"[1]. The incident raises questions about process and > accountability, particularly as the block gives the impression that > this is the norm or an agreed interpretation of policy for sysops on > am.wp, and because the user is well established using this account > name across Wikimedia projects and has never edited am.wp so the block > cannot be based on any prior action or dispute. > > In this example there is no obvious process for appeal, if sysops on > that project think that blocking any LGBT+ related account name > represents local consensus. After off-wiki discussion, the WMF Trust > and Safety team has been approached for advice,[2] as the rationale > for the action appears hostile to any openly LGBT+ volunteers who > might want to include something queer looking in their account name > (such as my account name, should anyone want to read it as transgender > related). > > # Links > > 1. > https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%8D%E1%8B%A9:Contributions/QueerEcofeminist > ; > the block log states "Names calling attention to your sexual behavior > have never been allowed here in 15 years and aren't suddenly allowed > in 2018" > 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety > 3. https://telegram.me/wmlgbt > > Thanks > Fae > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT+ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>
