Doxxing is often considered as harassment. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment#Posting_of_personal_information
Isaac On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, 12:30 PM Todd Allen <toddmal...@gmail.com wrote: > Doxing means to reveal personal data about someone against their wishes. So > if you found out my address and telephone number and posted it to this > thread, that would be doxing me. > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, 5:26 AM Thyge <ltl.pri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > - and please explain the meaning of 'doxxed" as well. Is that US slang? > > > > Thyge - Sir48 > > > > Den fre. 5. jul. 2019 kl. 11.53 skrev Thomas Townsend < > > homesec1...@gmail.com > > >: > > > > > Alphos > > > > > > You don;t explain why being "doxxed" was a bad thing for you, or > > > indeed what the downside is for anyone, You simply assert that it is > > > a Bad Thing and must not happen. Would you like to give your reasons > > > for those assertions? > > > > > > The Turnip > > > > > > On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 15:12, Alphos OGame <alphos.og...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I was doxxed by someone in the movement a few years ago, and I cannot > > > stress this enough : WE MUST NOT DOXX PEOPLE. > > > > It doesn't matter how good our intentions are. > > > > It doesn't matter how bad these people are. > > > > We as a community choose to block, ban, lock, whether or not > globally, > > > the accounts of people we deem unable to contribute. > > > > We must not disclose unilaterally after the fact the identity of a > > > contributor. And not only because we may well have no clue about it. It > > may > > > get them jailed for the wrong reasons. It may get them harmed for their > > > genuine contributions. > > > > That MUST NOT (rfc2119 [1]) be how we handle things. > > > > Once again, I cannot stress this enough. > > > > > > > > Do not do this. This is a bad idea on so many levels. Pretty much all > > of > > > them, really. > > > > > > > > Alphos > > > > > > > > [1] https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt > > > > > > > > Le 2 juil. 2019 à 08:17, Thomas Townsend <homesec1...@gmail.com> a > > > écrit : > > > > > > > > >> Why do you think this is important and what real purpose do you > > think > > > this > > > > >> will serve? > > > > > > > > > > A good question. The stated object of global bans is "to help > assure > > > > > the safety of users of the Wikimedia projects and/or assist in > > > > > preventing prohibited behavior that hinders dialogue, project > > > > > development and expansion". Identifying those persons banned as > > fully > > > > > as possible helps to achieve that assurance and protect the > > community. > > > > > > > > > > The Turnip. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > > 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 and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > 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 and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > 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 and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > 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 and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>
