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December 15

https://en.everybodywiki.com/Mauro_Martone

Regarding the above wiki page in my name.

Dear Sirs,

I am the Scottish writer Mauro Martone. It has come to my attention that there is a wiki-everyone page about me. I have asked the people responsible, namely Swede Scientist etc to delete it. My understanding is that the page has consequently been blanked however, a "wikimaster" keeps un-blanking it and the info reappears. My understanding is that when info was originally placed on the page, the said wikimaster persistantly changed it, particularly details about my family background. This is obviously a problem and with confusing info being placed, I have again asked that the page just be deleted as opposed to consistently changing it and then having to do so again and again due to said wikimaster deciding to changing it. Please close this page down and respect my privacy or I shall have no choice but to ask my lawyers to address this.

Warm regards

Mauro Martone — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:D628:2F00:A046:2752:B774:FF7D (talk) 03:49, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not whatever site you're linking to, so you have to contact whoever runs that site. Additionally, Wikipedia has a strict no legal threats policy. – Frood (talk) 03:59, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At one time Wikipedia did once have a page called Draft:Mauro Martone which has since been deleted. I note that the supplied reference does not support the writing about family, and was counted unreliable anyway. The content was the same as what was on everybodywiki. It can be recovered on request. Since you wanted it deleted, don't ask for it back! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:05, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's certainly something, threatening legal action if Wikipedia does not address an issue on a site it has no control over. JIP | Talk 08:49, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I beg everyone's extreme pardon, but why has this IP not yet been blocked for legal threats?--WaltCip (talk) 14:06, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have blocked the IP for one month. JIP | Talk 14:26, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Have you read this essay? Person sees thing online about them that they have a problem with. Person erroneously thinks anything online that says "wiki" is somehow connected to Wikimedia/Wikipedia. Person goes to Wikipedia to complain. Person gets rewarded for their efforts by being scolded and blocked. One might see how this can affect people's opinion of Wikipedia. Of course, someone already jumped in and punched the block button; can't un-spill the milk now.

Thinking anything "wiki" is connected somehow to Wikipedia is extremely common among the public. Most people know about wikis primarily because of Wikipedia, and are not encyclopedia/computer nerds and don't spend hours researching things like this that aren't important to them personally. (I say this as a huge nerd.) --47.146.63.87 (talk) 08:48, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Blocks aren't irreversible, I or another admin can shorten the block or undo it altogether. Still, I don't think the OP should have made a legal threat on their very first post here. JIP | Talk 09:40, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

They shouldn't have, but no legal threats and Wikipedia:Don't_overlook_legal_threats suggest that going straight to a block isn't necessarily the best course of action, especially when someone may have a BLP issue. Iapetus (talk) 12:00, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, WP:DOLT doesn't mean we don't block them. It means block them, and then fix their problem if it really is a problem. The block happens still, because non-evil people don't threaten legal action as a means to bully others into getting done what they want. If, in the course of bullying people, they reveal something that needs to be fixed, we'll fix that too, but one cannot be allowed to simply throw one's lawyer at people and expect to get a thank you for it. --Jayron 32 12:41, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If someone is threatening to go to their lawyer, they are no longer acting in the capacity of an editor, but of a party antagonistic to Wikipedia. This isn't a grey area. Yes, the legal threat may have been regarding content on another website, but it was directed at Wikipedia. Blocking is a logical next step until they provide an opportunity to retract or clarify their remarks. WP:DOLT certainly doesn't apply; what can we do about content on another website?--WaltCip (talk) 13:03, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How likely is it that somebody like that is ever going to become a Wikipedia contributor? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:12, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]