behind a screen name is now a criminal offense A new federal law was signed on January 5, 2006 by President Bush. Section 113 of the "Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act" states that when you harass someone on the Internet, you must disclose your identity. Here's the relevant language: "Whoever ... utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet ... without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person ... who receives the communications ... shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both." ![]() |
Adam_Bishop Ambi AmiDaniel Angela Anthere Asbestos Bainer Bastique Bogdangiusca BradPatrick Brion_VIBBER Broken S BrokenSegue Canderson7 Cberlet Chairboy Charles_Matthews Cyde Danny David_Gerard Davis, Michael Dmcdevit Durova Eloquence Essjay FayssalF FCYTravis Fennec FireFox FloNight Freakofnurture Fred_Bauder Future_Perfect_at_Sunrise Gamaliel Gardner, Sue Gator1 Geni Geogre Godwin, Mike GregAsche Improv InShaneee Jareth Jay Jayjg Jdforrester Jeffrey_O._Gustafson Jimbo_Wales Jkelly Johnleemk JoshuaZ Jpgordon Jtdirl JWSchmidt JzG Katefan0 Kim_Bruning Linuxbeak Mack, Linda Mackensen Mailer_diablo Makemi Mark_Ryan Marudubshinki Matt_Crypto Mbimmler McEwan, Sarah Messedrocker Michael_Snow MichaelDiederich Mikegodwin Mindspillage Minority_Report Mo0 Modemac Morven Morwen Musical_Linguist Ned_Scott NicholasTurnbull Obli Penchina, Gil Phaedriel Phil_Boswell Phil_Sandifer Philwelch Phroziac PZFUN Ral315 Raul654 Rebecca RoyBoy Rx_StrangeLove Ryan_Delaney Sandstein Sannse Sean_Black Seraphimblade Shanel Shell_Kinney SimonP SirFozzie Sj SlimVirgin Slowking_Man Snowspinner Splash Svest Swatjester Szvest Ta_bu_shi_da_yu Tawker TBSDY Thebainer Theresa_knott Tim_Starling TimShell Tony_Sidaway Tregoweth User2004 Voice_of_All Will_Beback Willmcw Woggly Yamla Zanimum Zocky Zscout370
Jimbo_Wales guru and former dictator co-founder/administrator trustee of Wikimedia Foundation | Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales St.Petersburg, Florida, USA born:1966-08-07 | ![]() |
Danny administrator Jimbo's executive assistant (resigned 2007-03-20) | Danny Wool St.Petersburg, Florida, USA born:1963-09-07 formerly lived in Brooklyn, where he worked for the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York | ![]() |
BradPatrick former general counsel interim executive director (resigned 2007-03-31) | Bradford (Brad) A. Patrick Tampa, Florida, USA formerly with Fowler White Boggs Banker born:1969-01-31 | ![]() |
Raul654 administrator bureaucrat, former arbitrator checkuser, oversight | Mark A. Pellegrini engineering grad student, University of Delaware, USA born:1982-06-19 | ![]() |
David_Gerard administrator checkuser, oversight press contact | David Gerard Walthamstow, London, UK came from the punk scene in Australia; many anti-Scientology posts, beginning in 1996 on Usenet | ![]() |
Phil_Sandifer aka Snowspinner administrator | Philip Sandifer grad student in English Dept., University of Florida, USA | ![]() |
Ryan_Delaney aka Malathion administrator | Ryan Patrick Delaney
student at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA born:1983-07-24 | ![]() |
Woggly administrator | Gili Bar-Hillel Tel Aviv, Israel age:32 | ![]() |
Angela administrator former trustee, Wikimedia Foundation co-founder, Wikia, Inc. | Angela Beesley Brunswick West, Victoria, Australia born:1977-08-03 | ![]() |
Mindspillage administrator trustee of Wikimedia foundation former arbitrator | Kathleen (Kat) Walsh Herndon, Virginia, USA born:1982-10-16 | ![]() |
Tim_Starling administrator bureaucrat developer | Tim Starling physics grad student, U. New South Wales, Melbourne, Australia born:1981-04-29 his girlfriend is Angela Beesley | ![]() |
Tony_Sidaway aka Minority_Report former administrator | Tony Sidaway aka Sherilyn Sidaway London, United Kingdom many anti-Scientology posts, beginning in 1995 on Usenet | ![]() |
Thebainer aka Bainer administrator arbitrator | Stephen Bain student, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia | ![]() |
Philwelch former administrator | Philip L. Welch Pullman, Washington, USA born:1985-08-04 | ![]() |
TimShell administrator former trustee, Wikimedia Foundation | Timothy Robert Shell Las Vegas, Nevada, USA CEO of Bomis, which he co-founded with Jimmy Wales in 1996 born:1968-05-05 | ![]() |
Will_Beback aka Willmcw aka User2004 administrator | William (Will) McWhinney, Jr. Los Angeles, California, USA Junior is prominent in the local Sierra Club; his father is a humanistic psychologist at Enthusion, Inc., Venice, CA, USA | ![]() |
Geogre administrator | John Doe #29 Vidalia, Georgia, USA | ![]() |
Musical_Linguist administrator | Ann Heneghan
Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland born:1965-11 | ![]() |
Mailer_diablo administrator | Keat Hou Kua
Singapore planetkh.com | ? |
Dmcdevit administrator former arbitrator | Daniel McDevit from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, attends Reed College, Portland, Oregon age:20 | ? |
Jkelly administrator | Jason Kelly Northern California, USA | ![]() |
Fred_Bauder administrator former arbitrator | Fred J. Bauder Crestone, Colorado, USA born:1942-06-19 | ![]() |
Gator1 inactive administrator | Aaron Fethke Bangor, Maine, USA born:1979-04-16 | ![]() |
Canderson7 administrator | Craig M. Anderson Hialeah, Florida, USA born:1971-01-26 | ? |
Linuxbeak administrator bureaucrat IRC bouncer | Alex J. Schenck North Scituate, Rhode Island, USA born:1986-12-08 | ![]() |
Ta_bu_shi_da_yu aka TBSDY administrator | Chris Sherlock Sydney, Australia | ![]() |
BrokenSegue aka Broken S administrator | Scott Zucker Wellington, Florida, USA born:1966-11-30 | ![]() |
Splash administrator | John Doe #6 Bristol, United Kingdom | ? |
Rx_StrangeLove administrator | Brian Haws St.Paul, Minnesota, USA | ? |
GregAsche administrator | Greg Asche St.Louis Park, Minnesota, USA | ? |
Jeffrey_O._Gustafson administrator | Jeffrey O. Gustafson Brooklyn, New York, USA | ? |
Gamaliel administrator | Robert (Rob) Fernandez Tampa, Florida, USA | ![]() |
Morven administrator arbitrator | Matthew Brown Anaheim, California, USA age:34 | ![]() |
FayssalF aka Svest aka Szvest administrator | John Doe #11 Manchester, United Kingdom born:1974-03-08 | ? |
RoyBoy administrator | Dan Gorski Dundas, Ontario, Canada | ![]() |
Jayjg aka Jay administrator checkuser, oversight former arbitrator | John Doe #22 New York or Canada works in management age:in his 40s(?) | ? |
Geni former administrator | John Doe #20 United Kingdom student | ? |
Zanimum administrator | Nicholas Moreau Brampton, Ontario, Canada born:1986-11-09 | ![]() |
Freakofnurture administrator | Michael David Cohen Texarkana, Texas, USA born:1983-01-26 | ![]() |
Mackensen administrator, former arbitrator checkuser, oversight | Charles Fulton Kalamazoo College, ' 05 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA | ![]() |
FireFox aka Phil administrator | Phil Gibbs
Kent, United Kingdom born:1990-03-25 | ![]() |
Zscout370 aka Zach administrator | Zachary K. Harden Oceanside, California, USA born:1986-05-29 | ![]() |
Eloquence deputy director, Wikimedia Foundation administrator, developer former trustee, Wikimedia Foundation | Erik Moeller Berlin, Germany age:28 Angela Beesley is an ex-girlfriend | ![]() |
JzG administrator | Guy Chapman Reading, United Kingdom born:1964 | ![]() |
Jdforrester aka James F. administrator arbitrator | James David Forrester London, United Kingdom born:1983-03-31 | ![]() |
Jareth aka Shell_Kinney administrator | Michelle Kinney Akron, Ohio, USA born:1975-02-21 | ![]() |
Marudubshinki aka Maru Dubshinki former administrator | John Doe #28 Riverhead, New York, USA | ? |
Cyde aka Cyde Weys administrator | Ben McIlwain University of Maryland, USA undergraduate | ![]() |
Modemac administrator | Eric Walker Quincy, Massachusetts, USA age:38 | ![]() |
Jpgordon administrator, arbitrator checkuser, oversight | Joshua (Josh) P. Gordon Las Vegas, Nevada, USA born:1954-05 | ![]() |
Shanel administrator steward | Shanel Kalicharan Mississauga, Ontario, Canada born:1988-11-13 | ![]() |
Jtdirl administrator | James (Jim) T. Duffy Dublin, Ireland author and columnist born:1966-04-12 | ? |
Anthere administrator board chair, Wikimedia Foundation | Florence Nibart-Devouard Clermont-Ferrand, France born:1968-09-10 | ![]() |
(does not edit) former trustee, Wikimedia Foundation former treasurer, Wikimedia Foundation chief operating officer, Wikia, Inc. | Michael E. Davis St.Petersburg, Florida, USA former CEO of Chicago Options Associates, where Jimmy Wales was a trader | ![]() |
Katefan0 inactive administrator | Kathryn A. Wolfe Washington, DC, USA age:34 reporter for Congressional Quarterly (that's her, but cannot find a current photo) | ![]() |
Michael_Snow administrator started The Wikipedia Signpost | Michael Snow Seattle, Washington, USA age:33 | ![]() |
Asbestos administrator | Sam Fentress Florence, Massachusetts, USA | ![]() |
FloNight administrator arbitrator | Sydney L. Poore Georgetown, Kentucky, USA born:1958-05 | ? |
Johnleemk administrator clerk | John Lee Ming Keong Malaysia born:1990 | ![]() |
(does not edit) CEO of Wikia, Inc. | Gil Penchina formerly with eBay age:37 | ![]() |
Adam_Bishop administrator | Adam Bishop Toronto, Ontario, Canada born:1980-08-14 | ![]() |
Voice_of_All administrator | Jason Schulz aerospace engineering major, Ohio State University born:1987-04-05 | ![]() |
FCYTravis administrator | Travis Mason-Bushman Richmond, California, USA born:1983-09-22 | ![]() |
PZFUN administrator | Paul Zachary New York, New York, USA translates documents for the UN born:1983-01-24 | ![]() |
Phroziac administrator | Stephanie Amanda Stevens southwestern Michigan, USA she was a "he" on her 2005-06-03 user page works at a printing press born:1986-09-12 | ? |
Kim_Bruning former administrator | Kim Bruning Wijk en Aalburg Brabant, The Netherlands biology student age:29 | ![]() |
Sj administrator steward | Samuel Klein Boston, Massachusetts, USA Harvard student age:28 | ![]() |
Theresa_knott administrator former arbitrator | Theresa Knott London, United Kingdom born:1967-03-10 | ![]() |
InShaneee aka Shane administrator | Shane Phillips Villa Park, Illinois, USA born:1984-10-02 | ![]() |
Rebecca aka Ambi aka Ambivalenthysteria administrator former arbitrator | John Doe #31 birth name: Dave (last name unknown) student in Canberra, Australia born:1986-03-08 | ![]() |
Mark aka Mark_Ryan administrator IRC bouncer | Mark Ryan Perth, Australia born:1985-01-28 | ![]() |
Zocky administrator | Zoran Obradovic Ljubljana, Slovenia born:1973-06-08 | ![]() |
Morwen administrator | Abigail Brady Leicester, United Kingdom born:1979-06-26 | ![]() |
Improv administrator | Pat Gunn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA born:1978-06-28 | ![]() |
Bogdangiusca administrator | Bogdan Giusca Bucharest, Romania born:1983-05-20 | ![]() |
NicholasTurnbull administrator | Nicholas Turnbull West Sussex, United Kingdom age:19 | ![]() |
Brion_VIBBER administrator chief technical officer | Brion L. Vibber from Santa Ana, California, USA works in Wikimedia office born:1978-12-01 | ![]() |
Obli former administrator | Simon Syvertsson Forshaga, Sweden age:20 | ![]() |
Phil_Boswell administrator | Philip Bruce Boswell Amersham, Bucks, United Kingdom born:1966-09-04 | ? |
JWSchmidt administrator | John W. Schmidt Mesa, Arizona, USA born:1959-01 neuroscience researcher at scnm.edu | ![]() |
Sannse administrator former arbitrator | Lisa Carter Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom born:1972-09-19 | ![]() |
Tregoweth administrator | John Doe #32 Tampa, Florida, USA age:34 | ![]() |
Fennec administrator former arbitrator | Thomas Whaples Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA born:1985-01-06 | ![]() |
MichaelDiederich administrator | Michael Diederich Furtwangen, Germany born:1983-05-11 | ![]() |
Charles_Matthews administrator arbitrator | Charles R. Matthews Cambridge, United Kingdom PhD in mathematics, 1978 | ![]() |
Sean_Black former administrator | Sean Black Saranac Lake, New York, USA age:16 | ![]() |
Mo0 administrator | Jay Converse Fairfax, Virginia, USA born:1986-02-28 | ![]() |
Phaedriel aka Sharon K. administrator | Sharon Kershee Tahsequah Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA born:1979-07-29 member of police department | ![]() |
Tawker administrator | Andrew Wallwork aka Andrew Phillips Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada age:19 | ![]() |
AmiDaniel administrator | Dan Cannon Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA born:1988-08-13 | ![]() |
Matt_Crypto administrator | Matthew Russell grad student in computer science, University of York, United Kingdom age:27 | ![]() |
Slowking_Man administrator IRC bouncer | Christopher Larberg Moreno Valley, California, USA born:1988-01-04 "Christian, Eagle Scout, right-wing" | ![]() |
Future_Perfect_at_Sunrise sockpuppet: LukasPietsch administrator | Dr. Lukas Pietsch multilinguist, University of Hamburg Germany | ? |
Makemi aka Mak aka Makwik administrator | Magdalen (Maggie) Kadel New York, New York, USA age:25 | ![]() |
Messedrocker former administrator | James Hare Oradell, New Jersy, USA born:1992-02-15 | ![]() |
SimonP administrator former arbitrator | Simon Pulsifer Ottawa, Ontario, Canada age:26 | ![]() |
Essjay administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, oversight, arbitrator, community manager at Wikia resigned under pressure 2007-03-03 | Ryan Jordan near Louisville, Kentucky, USA age:24 Essjay claimed two PhDs and a tenured faculty position on his Wikipedia user page. This was repeated in The New Yorker. It was all bogus. | ![]() |
JoshuaZ administrator | Joshua (Josh) B. Zelinsky
Yale, class of 2007 New Haven, Connecticut, USA age:24 | ![]() |
Ral315 administrator editor-in-chief, The Wikipedia Signpost | John Doe #33 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA born:1990-03-15 | ? |
Sandstein administrator | Thomas M. Fischer, MLaw Bern, Switzerland age:in his 20s | ? |
Seraphimblade administrator | Todd M. Allen near Seattle, Washington, USA born:1979-05-12 | ![]() |
SirFozzie administrator | David M. Yellope Franklin, Massachusetts, USA born:1974-08-18 | ? |
Chairboy administrator | Benjamin F. Hallert Springfield, Oregon, USA age:30 | ![]() |
Durova former administrator | Lise Diane Broer San Diego, California, USA born:1968-09-10 | ![]() |
SlimVirgin
aka Slim aka Sarah administrator | Linda Mack aka Sarah McEwan Alberta or Saskatchewan, Canada born: circa 1961 Linda Mack worked for Pierre Salinger at ABC News, London (1989-1991). He fired her when he felt that she was working with MI5 to undermine the Lockerbie investigation. Wikipedia-Watch is seeking more information. | ![]() ![]() |
(does not edit) executive director, Wikimedia Foundation hired 2007-07 | Sue Gardner formerly with Canadian Broadcasting Corp | ![]() |
Mikegodwin general counsel, Wikimedia Foundation administrator hired 2007-07 | Mike Godwin formerly with Electronic Frontier Foundation born:1956-10-26 | ![]() |
Bastique administrator volunteer coordinator, Wikimedia Fndn hired 2007-04 | Cary Michael Bass St.Petersburg, Florida, USA born:1966-12-28 | ![]() |
Swatjester administrator | Daniel G. Rosenthal Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and Washington DC, USA born:1983-04-22 | ![]() |
Yamla administrator | Christopher Thompson Edmonton, Alberta, Canada born:1973-09-01 | ![]() |
Ned_Scott editor | Ned Scott Tucson, Arizona, USA age:22 | ![]() |
Cberlet aka Chip Berlet editor | John Foster (Chip) Berlet
wife:Karen A. Moyer Burlington, Massachusetts, USA born:1949-11-22 | ![]() |
Mbimmler
president, Wikimedia Switzerland moderator, Wikimedia mailing list OTRS volunteer | Michael Bimmler
Kuesnacht, Switzerland born:1992-03-25 On 2008-01-19, Bimmler filed a specious complaint against Wikipedia-Watch with the Better Business Bureau, San Antonio, Texas. | ![]() |
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