[Foundation-l] Stalking Article

Wed Jun 11 16:36:30 UTC 2008

...on the other hand, there is a great difference between monitoring
somebody's edits on Wikipedia and surveiling them in real life. Both
of these have been called "stalking" by their victims, but I would say
that while the first one could be part of a stalker's behavior, it
isn't stalking by itself, while the latter very well could be.

Mark

On 11/06/2008, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>> Anthony wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Anthony wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Dennis During wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is stalking in the real world a crime in itself?
>>>>>
>>>> In most jurisdictions, yes.  But as has been pointed out, enforcement
>>>> can be very difficult.
>>>>
>>> And let me add that the Internet is part of the real world.
>>>
>>>
>> In a strict ultimate sense you are right of course,
>>
>> Some behaviours would still cast doubt on that finding. :-)
>>
> I assume you're joking, but if someone is continuously harassing
> and/or threatening you, it doesn't matter whether it's by phone, by
> mail, by email, by instant message, by wiki talk page, by whatever.
> Stalking is stalking.  Cyberstalking is stalking.  Wikistalking is
> stalking.  Anyone who persists in using one of the terms to mean less
> than that is harming society.
>
> The Internet is part of the real world.  Full stop.
>
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