To respect privacy is a fundamental concept of many societies. People have a right to peaceful enjoyment, without being disturbed or harassed by others. This policy acts like Wikipedia:No personal attacks in clarifying wikipedia's position on this matter.
As such, we ask that you request explicit permission from the person in question before you post or link to an external site which reveals:
- The real name of person
- Marital status and their partner's name
- Date of birth
- Social security number
- Telephone number
- Hometown
- Home Address
- Place of work or employer
- Internet Protocol address (IP) or Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- ...and anything else that reveals any personal details about them
Harassment is defined as a pattern of offensive behavior that appears to a reasonable observer to have the purpose of adversely affecting a targeted person or persons, usually (but not always) for the purpose of threatening or intimidating the primary target. The intended outcome may be to make editing Wikipedia unpleasant for the target, to undermine them, to frighten them, or to discourage them from editing entirely.
Off-wiki harassmeent
editHarassment of other Wikipedians in forums not controlled by the Wikimedia Foundation creates doubt as to whether an editor's on-wiki actions are conducted in good faith. Off-wiki harassment can and will be regarded as an aggravating factor by administrators and is admissible evidence in the dispute-resolution process, including Arbitration cases. In some cases, the evidence will be submitted by private email. As is the case with on-wiki harassment, off-wiki harassment can be grounds for blocking, and in extreme cases, banning. Off-wiki privacy violations shall be dealt with particularly severely.
Harassment of other Wikipedians through the use of external links is considered equivalent to the posting of personal attacks on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia articles should consist mainly of prose, while short embedded lists are appropriate (see WP:EMBED). For long lists, a stand-alone list is not only preferred but necessary per Good article criteria 3b. The Works section highlights some of his works while providing a link to the extemporaneous list, and the section says he is "The author, coauthor or editor of 23 scholarly books and over 100 articles and book chapters...." Articles and lists are treated differently on Wikipedia (WP:FA vs. WP:FL). —Eustress talk 03:15, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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