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# How Wikipedia dealt with Johann Hari
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2011/09/how_wikipedia_dealt_with_johann_hari/
- Published: 2011-09-19T14:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-07T10:44:21.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: community management, ethics, Johann Hari, wikipedia

![Johannhari](https://storage.ghost.io/c/36/d8/36d823b7-59a1-4c8b-91bd-a54c64552596/content/images/2022/01/Johannhari.jpg)  
*Image via [Wikipedia](http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Johannhari.jpg?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)*

Comprehensive account by Tom Morris of how [Wikipedia volunteers deal with people who abuse the site](http://blog.tommorris.org/post/10400620996/hari-gate-behind-the-scenes-at-wikipedia?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), including Mr Hari:

> David r was \*banned \*in July. Banning is a social measure where the community decides that the person’s invitation to edit the site has been rescinded. You can read David r/Hari’s ban discussion: there were fifteen users who supported a ban (myself included), and three who opposed the ban. David r is banned indefinitely from editing anything on Wikipedia. As we now have confirmation that David r is Johann Hari, Johann Hari is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This means that if he pops up with a new account and someone can confirm that the account is a “sockpuppet” used by Hari, that account will be blocked indefinitely on sight.  
> Who does all this? Volunteers.

Interesting contrast to *The Independent*‘s decision.