On Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 02:53, Pete Forsyth wrote: > In this case, I consider it highly relevant information, considering that > someone in a position of trust in our community (chair of the UK board) was > found by English Wikipedia's highest authority: > > * (unanimously) to have violated important policies meant to protect the > health of the community (failing to disclose information about his past > accounts that he was required to disclose) > * (by a slim majority) to have made "unacceptable personal attacks" > * (unanimously) to have made "ad hominem attacks to discredit others" > * to have "attempted to deceive the community" on more than one count > * was banned (indefinitely, with opportunity for appeal starting in 1 year) > from editing the encyclopedia
You seem to have omitted the bit about how he was subject to a relentless campaign of vicious homophobic abuse. Or, indeed, ArbCom's complete failure to understand the importance of how such abuse and bullying occurs. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:SilkTork&diff=498427414&oldid=498418358 Given the numerous instance of female editors I've spoken to who have been the subject of painful stalking incidents, and the ongoing risk to women and other minority groups on-wiki, I'd suggest ArbCom's failure to understand the nature of such harassment ought to be rather concerning... This is not to excuse what Fae has done. Two wrongs don't make a right. But let's not pretend that there's not another side to this sad tale. -- Tom Morris <http://tommorris.org/> _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
