If you have *working* ideas feel free to tell us, we have already programmed bots that do nothing but look for his vandalism. We *have* done everything we possibly can on wiki that I can think of. The only on wiki action left to us is to block all of his ISP from editing. If you have alternative ideas speak out.
To those on this thread, possibly move this to a page on wikipedia (the proxy project, or a case in his name on WP:SSP) Regardless some of his information needs to be published so we can deal with him. (on wikipedia or here makes no difference, both are public) On 1/29/09, Sam Korn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Chris Down > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It is the policy of Wikimedia that personally identifiable data collected >>> in the server logs, or through records in the database via the CheckUser >>> feature, or through other non-publicly-available methods, may be released >>> by >>> Wikimedia volunteers or staff, in any of the following situations: >>> >>> 1. In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from >>> law >>> enforcement, >>> 2. With permission of the affected user, >>> 3. When necessary for investigation of abuse complaints, >>> 4. Where the information pertains to page views generated by a spider >>> or bot and its dissemination is necessary to illustrate or resolve >>> technical >>> issues, >>> 5. *Where the user has been vandalizing articles or persistently >>> behaving in a disruptive way, data may be released to a service >>> provider, >>> carrier, or other third-party entity to assist in the targeting of IP >>> blocks, or to assist in the formulation of a complaint to relevant >>> Internet >>> Service Providers,* >>> 6. Where it is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or >>> safety of the Wikimedia Foundation, its users or the public. >>> >> Am I missing something? > > No. But it is common sense that we should do the least amount > possible to sort the problem out. The publication of private data in > a thread like this is completely unnecessary. Repeat: it is quite > within the privacy policy to reveal this info to Verizon (and even > publicly on-wiki, if an IP block is helpful). This thread is > completely gratuitous and unnecessary. > > I very strongly believe we should not be vindictive in our dealing > with problematic users. We should seek to sort out our problems, not > to cause problems for others, no matter how many problems they've > caused us. > > Sam > > -- > Sam > PGP public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sam_Korn/public_key > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- Sent from my mobile device User:Nixeagle on all wikimedia foundation wikis. Administrator on English wikipedia and meta. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
