2009/6/7 Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net>: > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wikipedia-sentinel- > quits-after-using-alias-to-alter-entries-1698762.html > > "Paul Williams, volunteers director at Wikimedia UK, the British arm > of the American company, said: "Sock-puppeting is a very serious > offence for anybody. But for someone on the Arbitration Committee it > is even more so. It can result in a lifetime ban. The problem with > Wikipedia is that you can hide behind user names, but there is an > expectation that you don't write for self-interest. In this case > there is a conflict of interest.""
"[ArbCom] is responsible for settling hundreds of editorial disputes every day." They're busier than I thought... _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
