All,
Several respected members of the Wikimedia community - and several members
of our charity - have approached us voicing their concerns about Edward
Buckner, an ex-Wikipedia user who was banned from the project for harassing
volunteers on and off Wikipedia. Given his past and present
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A series of free events will be taking place between February and
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On 9 January 2012 12:37, Richard Symonds
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:
All,
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Several respected members of the Wikimedia community – and several members
of our charity – have approached us voicing their concerns about Edward
Buckner, an ex-Wikipedia user who was banned
In-Reply-To: 003b01cccecb$72bcf1d0$5836d570$@wikimedia.org.uk
Excuse me but is the board really saying that Dr Buckner is a security
risk? That makes him sound like an axe murderer or something.
I can understand your saying that you might not want him to take advantage
of events you organise if
On 9 January 2012 23:34, Peter Cohen pet...@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
In-Reply-To: 003b01cccecb$72bcf1d0$5836d570$@wikimedia.org.uk
Excuse me but is the board really saying that Dr Buckner is a security
risk? That makes him sound like an axe murderer or something.
As mentioned, he has a
Peter,
The additional issues with Buckner, who routinely tries to uncover the identity
of Wikipedians who are in high-profile roles, mean it is quite appropriate to
ban him from these events.
Nobody said he was a security risk, but it is the case that he has caused
stress among many editors
To be clear, by security I presume the meaning was the identity of
Wikimedians. By attending these events, Damian can see and photograph
pseudonymous individuals. Not, really, that the specific wording matters one
jot.
A.
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On 9 Jan 2012, at 23:34,
In-Reply-To: 2224b9fe-c1a6-4ef0-98b3-c0cd5ae53...@gmail.com
Anthony,
I am just an ordinary Wikipedian. Although I have contemplated becoming an
admin in the past, I have never applied to be one and don't intend to do
so in the foreseeable future. As such, I have no obligation to acknowledge
Firstly, this is my own view, not that of the chapter's. That said, I do
have a bit of inside knowledge from both the chapter and my time on ArbCom,
which I've drawn on to some degree here.
--
AGK and Charles Matthews, as well as a few others, will be well aware of the
full history - but in
What makes you think everyone that attends a WMUK event is in a
high-profile role and is in a position of authority?
The trustees of WMUK are all perfectly open about their real life
identities, as it is required by law. You can go onto the Companies
House website and find out about them whether
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