GorillaWarfare, Thank you for the statement.
Perhaps you and your colleagues at Arbcom could explain your current efforts against COI editing when evidence of such activity is brought to your attention in private (in alignment with current ENWP Arbcom guidance), and also what more you think could be done to address the problem. I agree that harassment also is a problem, and I would not condone "false flag" accusations of paid editing as an excuse to effectively dox another editor. At the same time, it seems to me that our current systems and resources for addressing both COI editing and harassment are insufficient. WMF is working on the harassment issue, both in SuSa and in Community Tech, and that work may have some spillover benefits into the work that attempts to address COI editing. I am wondering if you would agree with my previous comments to the effect that WMF should also take a more active role in pursuing paid editors, and enforcing financial penalties against them as a deterrent against engaging in activity that violates the TOS and sucks up countless hours of high-skill volunteer time in investigations and remediation. Thanks, Pine On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:45 AM, GorillaWarfare < gorillawarfarewikipe...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Arbitration Committee has just published a response to this statement: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard# > Response_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_statement_on_paid_editing_and_outing > > – Molly (GorillaWarfare) > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:17 PM, Jacob Rogers <jrog...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > As I mentioned in my email earlier this month, we've put together a > longer > > statement regarding paid editing and how we see the balance of the > > communities' role and the role that WMF legal can play in these cases. We > > tried to address the concerns that people have raised to us, and explain > > when it's helpful to contact us to assist on a case. Of note, it does > > explain what actions we can take even in cases that don't involve the WMF > > trademarks. > > > > You can find it here: Wikimedia Foundation statement on paid editing and > > outing > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_ > Foundation_statement_on_paid_editing_and_outing> > > > > Best, > > Jacob > > -- > > > > Jacob Rogers > > Legal Counsel > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged > > information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please > > delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the > > Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal > advice > > to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff > > members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please > see > > our legal disclaimer > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ArbCom-l mailing list > > arbco...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/arbcom-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
