Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-11-25 Email Harrassment over a disagreement about a fact posted on here

Mediation Case: 2006- 11- 25 Email Harrassment over a disagreement about a fact posted on here
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Request Information

 * Request made by: Some People Think I'm a Ninja, while others think I'm a Pirate. I'm actually Both. 23:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JuliaRocksThis (talk • contribs)


 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * ... On here and through my email


 * Who's involved?
 * ... Masamage


 * What's going on?
 * ... someone on here whose name is Masamage is emailing me and spamming me. Their telling me i shouldnt post on here anymore because i got one fact wrong.


 * ''What would you like to change about that?
 * ... just tell them to stop.


 * Would you prefer we work discreetly? If so, how can we reach you?
 * ... It doesnt matter to me.

Mediator response

 * I'll take this one, however I strongly welcome the assistance of Kylu and anyone else willing, as both Kylu and I have ArbCom Elections to deal with. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 11:48, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Compromise offers
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Discussion

 * User:Danny Lilithborne informed me that this is going on, so let me make it clear I'm doing no such thing. I've clearly not been harrassing Julia here; check my contribs, and the history of her talk page. My only interaction with her until now was on the talk page of this IP, making it impossible for me to have access to her email address. Neither talk history shows anyone imitating me, either. --Masamage 01:11, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I have a copy of the Yahoo messenger discussion I had with Julia. If an admin is interested in seeing it, please e-mail me. Danny Lilithborne 02:22, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * He forwarded it to me; it states that I had been emailing her over and over, calling her names, and that she responded and told me to stop, but I refused. I suggest that she be asked what my email address was, for starters. --Masamage 02:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I got an e-mail from Julia as well. I don't remember the exact contents, but it went on about e-mail harassment from an editor. The name was not Masamage, but she was unsure of the name that was sending her e-mails.  I do not have access to it until Friday. I'll post it then if it's still relevent. (It's on my desktop in Baton Rouge. I use a laptop durring the week when I'm in New Orleans.) --Kunzite 04:22, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * If Julia could foreward me the very first email she got from whoever is harassing her with (and this is important) full headers, I can see about finding who is actually responsible. ~Kylu ( u | t )  07:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Her user account doesn't seem to have an email address supplied at all. --Masamage 22:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Doesn't matter, the full headers of an email typically provide the IP address that was used to send the email. If that information is available, a checkuser against that IP could reveal the username of someone that was potentially harassing her. We would, of course, seek ISP assistance in validating the email and header. If there is no reply from her, or no confirmation that the IP matches an existing user, however, then there's no case. ~Kylu ( u | t )  06:20, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * That all sounds good; thank you! What I meant specifically, though, is that it's unclear how someone would get her email address to bother her with in the first place. --Masamage 06:30, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * She may have turned off her email after the first spam she received. --Ideogram 09:30, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, I've requested she forward the original email on to my email address. I'll fwd it to Kylu and and anyone else upon request. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 11:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * My two cents - I don't believe there were any offensive emails, and this is just noise being made by an editor miffed that her POV was reverted. Danny Lilithborne 23:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * That's quite possible, as is the possibility that there were. I find the best solution at the moment is to simply wait, and if 30 days run past with no answer from her, our ability to request checkuser is strained and the case has lost any provability. If she can find the emails, we can deal with it then. Either way, though, we're just waiting at the moment for her to answer. ~Kylu ( u | t )  04:25, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

FYI: --Kunzite 05:52, 4 December 2006 (UTC) "Saturday, November 25, 2006 05:28:21 PM From: katrocksthis@y*****.*** If you search google about sailor moon it will most defiantly tell you there was a version in Japan that they edited when it came to North America. Another thing I'd like to point out Mangma (I think thats how you spell it) told me to check my facts before posting or not post at all. And I'm also getting emails by i'm guessing this person because they told me I'm Mangma from wikipedia and your a dumbass and why are you posting useless facts on here? tell them to stop emailing me or ban them. Please. Because i'm tired of the harrassment coming on my email."

Method
Here's what I've devised, if all goes to plan:-
 * Get the original harrassing email forwarded to myself, Kylu and anyone else interested
 * Analyse the content and the headers to determine if the material is harrassing, and if the headers are helpful
 * Request an IP check to see who the editors are behind it, via RFCU
 * Ask the Checkusers to make an exception for this case and, if strong evidence linking a user to this email, release the username for further procedures
 * We'll play it from there when we get to this stage.

JuliaRocksThis, please forward the harrassing email as soon as possible to the email address I left on your user talk page. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 12:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Provision for non-response
Given the nature of this case, if there has been no response, or no activity, by the user (note that they haven't contributed since Nov 25, the only day they have) by December 10, I'm going to deem this case cold and close it. The only avenue for any resolution for this case would require RFCU, and after a certain period (which I'm not going to confirm as being any set period per WP:BEANS, and neither am I going to confirm it would be before or after Nov Dec 10 in this case) checkuser data is wiped. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 12:34, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing you mean Dec 10, there. --Masamage 22:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 23:33, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 05:41, 12 December 2006 (UTC)