There's an ANI thread on this issue. There is also some coverage on an external, critical website.
Newyorkbrad On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Charles Matthews < [email protected]> wrote: > I've probably said here in the past (and have certainly thought) that > attention to WP's more media-like aspects can be a distraction from the > 'pedia stuff. But the current hoo-ha about [[Johann Hari]] of the > (London) Independent touches rather directly on an aspect of my past > admin work. See > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/12/johann-hari-suspended-independent > > As anyone who follows the past history of the article about Hari can > see, I was involved quite heavily in the BLP side, at a point over three > years ago. And then the particular edit war ceased after I blocked one > of the participants for three months. I point this out because I was > dealing also with the other party in that war, the account the Guardian > inaccurately calls a "sock-puppet". There is a fair amount of mud being > slung at Hari right now on another matter. [[Andreas Whittam Smith]] is > looking into both the alleged plagiarism, which he is obviously entirely > competent to do, and the alleged COI or meat-puppet or whatever editing > from the account [[User:David r from meth productions]]. > > Given the "attempted outing" going on, and possible further close > interest in the real-life identities of editors caught up in this > business, I'm concerned (a) that this all may get nastier yet, and (b) > that at least one person's professional standing may be affected by > interpretations based on identifications, tenuous or otherwise, of our > editors. Whittam Smith may need some help in figuring out the > implications, at very least. > > If there are admins or others out there with further information on all > this, I'd be interested to hear, offline and on a confidential basis. A > submission to Whittam Smith might help justice be done in this matter. > Also, I suppose, I might not be the right person to handle this, and I'm > open to other suggestions as to what, if anything, should be done. > Please use good judgement in posting anything to this list. > > Charles > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
