Wikiversity:Community Review/Wikimedia Ethics:Ethical Breaching Experiments/Summary

Summary
Feb 28: Ottava Rima deletes Ethical Breaching Experiments Howto. Discussion begins.

March 12: Privatemusings requests feedback from the community.

March 13: Jimbo Wales deletes pages of Wikimedia Ethics and blocks privatemusings following RTG's comments on Wikipedia. SB_Johnny starts community review, and as part of the review process restores pages and unblocks privatemusings.

March 13: Jimbo Wales threatens to close Wikiversity.

March 13: RTG begins comparing breaching experiment page with breaking the law.

March 14: privatemusings comments with support for proposed changes to the work.

March 14: SB_Johnny asks people to focus on specific issues: "Is the work in scope?" and "Should Jimbo Wales have followed process?".

March 15: Kaldari asks why Wikiversity custodians did not delete on sight.

March 15: Jimbo Wales removes tools from SB_Johnny, blocks Privatemusings, and deletes pages. Concern erupts.

March 15: AFriedman notes professional journals discuss breaching experiments.

March 16: Jtneill notes that two concerns are scope and process, and asks for clarification.

March 18: Sue Gardner comments saying she believes that User:Jimbo Wales's main message is correct.

March 19: SpinningSpark begins discussion about when research is unethical.

March 20: Gbaor asks if a way out is possible and suggests a way to resolve this conflict.

March 20: User:Geoff Plourde proposes a resolution that involves unblocking privatemusings, and reinstating the tools for User:SB_Johnny. Jimbo Wales does both.

March 23: SB_Johnny requested removal of his tools, stating that Jimmy Wales's intervention made him feel "morally uncomfortable". [ read more... ]

March 25: Juan de Vojníkov requests comment on a meta-wiki proposal to remove the founder flag because of recent controversial deleting/blocking/changing user rights actions by Jimbo Wales on Wikiversity raised in this community review.