[WikiEN-l] Looking at the real world

Sat Sep 3 02:24:07 UTC 2005

On 9/3/05, James D. Forrester <james at jdforrester.org> wrote:
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> geni wrote:
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> > On 9/2/05, Skyring <skyring at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > In the past day, [[user:jtdirl]] has published my name and address, and
> > > [[user:mackensen]] has accused me of criminal acts.
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> > People who play with fire get burned.
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> And further, accessing a computer system without authorisation is
> illegal in the US, the UK, and Australia, to name but a few countries;
> given that you are banned from Wikipedia, any edits that you were to
> make would constitute such an illegal act. Several sysops, and not just
> Mackensen, have suggested that you may well be doing this, violating
> your ban order. Perhaps you might want to think about finding another
> place to play, Skyring?

Thanks, James. Given that Wikipedia doesn't require checking of
real-life identification before allowing access to the system, I can't
see your theory lasting too long in any court.

-- 
Peter in Canberra