From WPANI   Hi all  Now that I know that this discussion exists Id like to contribute  Ill say three things briefly then answer any questions  First I have no intention of making any phone calls in the future  Second I am absolutely certain that my actions in no way threatened the privacy of any editors and therefore was not an example of WPOUT  Third please note the context of this accusation      Ok heres the context your supporters feel that the phone call to someones place of business does not belong in the RFC  Fine then based on the section of WPNPA that I have quoted both in our discussion on my talkpage and I believe I left it in the RFC this is an issue that requires immediate intervention  if there is indeed action to be taken  Indeed when I became aware of the situation in the RFC I should have brought it here myself  You have had about a full day since the end of the interactions on my talkpage to reflect  based on the above Im not sure you used the time wisely      A couple of weeks ago I voluntarily revealed the fact that I did this research while carefully avoiding any revelation of private information  My motivation was to demonstrate that yet another checkuser conviction was mistaken Weeks passes without a whisper until the nowdeparted  digs it up to try to add substance to an unpersuasive RfCCU that he and Schrandit launched  There was no haste or cause for it just an ax to grind Now I said outright that I wont be doing this again and whether or not you agree with the action there was never any potential to harm anyone much less an intent to do so  All this talk about a chilling effect is wellmeaning but simply mistaken  No matter how you add it up the situation is one that requires calm reflection not urgent action because theres a risk of kneejerk reaction without actually understanding what happened Now Im going to ask you Bwilkins the question you refused to answer before and which you deleted from your talk page  Bwilkins how could my phone call have caused anyone to lose their job      CarolineWH Do you understand why we would be concerned with your off wiki sleuthing and how that could have a chilling effect  In other areas it would be bad enough but considering that you are editing abortionrelated articles some of which likely document the murders or stalking of abortion providers makes it more so     If there was ever any risk of private information being revealed then Id agree  But there wasnt so no there is no chilling effect  As for abortion its a red herring as the two editors I researched had nothing to do with the issue  I would add that this is not a matter of stalking someone I disagree with but confirming that they were innocent of sockpuppetry     ecIt was uncalled for sleuthing You clearly indicate investigating the workplace of either Spotfixer or Phil Specter even if it eventually didnt turn out to be their workplace Had it happened to me I would consider such intrusive investigations into my private life just to oneup me in a content dispute harassment Despite saying you wont make such phone calls in the future I see no indication that you understand how serious and inappropriate it was    If I had determined that either of them were Spotfixer Id have bit my tongue to protect their privacy and allow RfCU to properly convinct them  The scenario you described would indeed be chilling but it has nothing to do with the reality of what I did  Again unless you can show how my actions were even potentially harmful its hard for me to consider them either serious or inappropriate  I agreed not to do it again but that doesnt mean that what I did was wrong     The I have no intention phrase is what sports coaches famously say when asked about their interest in another coaching positionthe day before the big announcement that theyre changing jobs  Take this users carefully nuanced response add it to the complete inabilityunwillingness to recognize that the previous act was harassing and inappropriate and you have one very problematic user here  People who cannot conduct themselves properly in hotbutton topics should simply be removed from the topic area     This is all about intention  If I had intended to obtain private information so I could reveal it or threaten to do so that would be intimidation  Instead I obtained the information to confirm that two people were innocent and I never for a moment revealed anything private  There was no harassment on my part     On a side note the initial WPANI report by Schrandit contains numerous falsehoods