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The 4000 character limit has severely inhibited the ability to communicate it effectively.


You'd be utterly shocked if you googled what the "Anvil email" is.


Wow. Sorry to hear that. If your good friend is a she then she should get in touch with "Jennsaurus" at Wikipediasucks.co ASAP because Jennsaurus is a journalist who has discovered and compiled two dozen cases of sexual harassment against women editors.


Thanks. In this case (which happened long ago) the perpetuator was a known cyber(?)criminal who is now currently serving time for something unrelated.


Wikimedia did this to aspiring candidates who want to be the "stewards".


Good for you. They're going to get proverbially burned down eventually because of two dozen sexual harassment scandals.


Botipedia is already a thing although in beta.


They back it up by doxxing alleged repeat offenders on "Long term Abuse" pages.


There are two dozen sexual harassment scandals committed by admins and editors which was uncovered by a journalist starting from a year ago. She has finished written the feature story which might get published on the Daily Beast next year.


Wikipedia's structures must be viewed in the same light as Theranos at this point. Moral injuries are so strong in both.


Sometimes "sockpuppet abusers" aren't just banned. They get doxxed on LTA (Long Term Abuse) pages and so on with their IP addresses, locations, habits, names, and even off-wiki activities. Talk about a GDPR violation.


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