[Wikimedia-l] The end

2016-05-17 Thread Chris Sherlock
I've just been blocked forever. I've been bullied, and I'm having suicidal thoughts. I don't know what to do now. Right now I'm reaching out to anyone who might listen. I've been called obsessive, someone who attacks people, I've not been listened to and I've been lectured on policy by peopl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The end

2016-05-17 Thread Pete Forsyth
Reaching out offlist. Anyone who knows Chris well and has helpful input, feel free to contact me offlist. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:44 AM, Chris Sherlock wrote: > > I've just been blocked forever. I've been bullied, and I'm having suicidal > thoughts. > > I don't know

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The end

2016-05-17 Thread Kalliope Tsouroupidou
Hello Wikimedia-l readers, Thank you for reaching us about a recent email by Chris. Just to let you know that we are looking into it, and there is not need to alert us further. Thank you very much. Warm regards, K. On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Chris Sherlock wrote: > > I've just been blo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The end

2016-05-17 Thread Vi to
I'm not a regular at the English Wikipedia so I don't have any background about what did happen to you. I spend a fair amount of my spare time editing wikis but fuck off the wiki, it's just a virtual world. All this happened to your virtual identity not to you! Vito 2016-05-17 14:44 GMT+02:00 Chr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The end

2016-05-17 Thread Michel Vuijlsteke
Welcome to my exact experience on Dutch Wikipedia. Banned for life for 'outing' a power user. The 'outing' is in huge inverted commas -- (1) enter her on-wiki username in any search engine and you get oodles of vanity page(s) with her full name and (2) she'd done much worse than that to me. I've

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The end

2016-05-17 Thread Brill Lyle
I feel really bad for the person who started this thread. I hope and assume that the WMF response means they have some sort of way to provide support to someone suffering from ideations of suicide. In addition to a policy on safe space -- which I know exists and our local chapter as well as our re

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The end

2016-05-17 Thread Richard Symonds
Hi all, I wonder if that's the time to end the thread now (which is on a very public list) and let people reach out privately. Discussion of this sort of topic, especially when a specific person is involved, is not ideal, and could make things worse. New threads would be best for any more tangent

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The end

2016-05-17 Thread Tim Starling
On 18/05/16 01:18, Richard Symonds wrote: > Hi all, > > I wonder if that's the time to end the thread now (which is on a very > public list) and let people reach out privately. Discussion of this sort of > topic, especially when a specific person is involved, is not ideal, and > could make things

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing Rapid Grants

2016-05-17 Thread Alex Wang
Hello Wikimedians, We are excited to announce the launch of a new Wikimedia Foundation grants program, Rapid Grants! Rapid grants fund Wikimedia community members -- individuals, groups, or organizations contributing to Wikimedia projects -- to organize projects throughout the year for up to USD

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The end

2016-05-17 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
That's good to hear Tim. Really feel for Chris and what he is going though. Thank you so much for letting us all know! On 18 May 2016 at 02:15, Tim Starling wrote: > On 18/05/16 01:18, Richard Symonds wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I wonder if that's the time to end the thread now (which is on a ve