[WikiEN-l] Advice about an abusive editor?

Tue Feb 15 22:43:06 UTC 2005

Some time ago I criticized user:Xed on his/her talk page for insulting a 
notable wikipedian without justification.

Xed responded on my talk page with "Fuck off you little shit" -- you can 
see the brief exchange that ensued here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Slrubenstein#Small_mind

Now, normally I reach a point where I am able just to ignore such 
irritants.  But when someone stops writing on my talk page, and e-mails me 
directly, I kinda feel they have crossed a line.  I just received this e-mail:

>X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2
>Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:46:13 GMT
>X-Authentication-Warning: tingxi.wikimedia.org: apache set sender to 
>wiki at wikimedia.org using -f
>To: Slrubenstein <rubenste at ohiou.edu>
>Subject: Cunt
>From: Xed <xed2507 at yahoo.co.uk>
>X-Mailer: MediaWiki interuser e-mailer
>X-PMX-Version: 4.7.0.111621, Antispam-Engine: 2.0.2.0, Antispam-Data: 
>2005.2.15.12 (pm8)
>X-PMX-Information: http://www.cns.ohiou.edu/email/filtering/
>X-PMX-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, 
>__CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, 
>__SANE_MSGID 0'
>
>It's interesting to read here:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunt
>that "North Americans generally find the word more offensive than the 
>British and Australians; in Britain, unlike in America, "cunt" can be used 
>as a jovial term of endearment in specific contexts"
>As someone quotes on my talk page, "Thank God it was the convicts and not 
>the puritans".
>What a sycophantic cunt your are.
>Love,Xed

I'd appreciate it if someone would either calm me down, or suggest what 
kind of disciplinary actions may be appropriate at this point.

Thanks,

Steve

Steven L. Rubenstein
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Bentley Annex
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701