In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Excuse me but is the board really saying that Dr Buckner is a security risk? That makes him sound like an axe murderer or something.
I can understand your saying that you might not want him to take advantage of events you organise if he is actively gunning for your organisation. But as far as I know that is only metaphorical violence. Maybe there is something I don't know but this sounds like a panic measure in reaction to his threat of going to the Charity Commission and to my letter of this morning to the Joint Committee about problems I perceive in the evidence submitted to it. Peter Cohen > All, > > > > Several respected members of the Wikimedia community - and several > members > of our charity - have approached us voicing their concerns about > Edward > Buckner, an ex-Wikipedia user who was banned from the project for > harassing > volunteers on and off Wikipedia. Given his past and present > conduct, which > includes harassment and publishing personal details of Wikimedians, > we do > not feel that we can guarantee the security of our volunteers if he > is permitted to attend our events. > > > > To that end, Wikimedia UK have banned Dr Buckner (known on > Wikipedia as > User:Peter Damian) from attending any Chapter-run events (not > including the > London meetups) until further notice. Dr Buckner is, of course, > still > welcome to communicate with the charity through email and post, and > this ban > is subject to review in future if circumstances change. > > > > For the Wikimedia UK Board of Trustees, > > > > Richard Symonds > > Office & Development Manager > > Wikimedia UK > > > > -- > > Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Company > Limited by > Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. > Our > Registered Charity No. is 1144513. The Registered Office is 4th > Floor, > Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > > Wikimedia UK is the local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit > organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor > responsibility for its > contents. > > > > Visit <http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/> http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ > and > @wikimediauk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
