[WikiEN-l] expunging copyright violations (Was: Re: Adminburnout)

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gurch [mailto:matthew.britton at btinternet.com]
>Sent: Friday, February 9, 2007 07:47 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] expunging copyright violations (Was: Re: Admin	burnout)
>
>John Vandenberg wrote:
>> On 2/10/07, Guettarda <guettarda at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> I expect that this would require an "Request for Expunction" process,
>> which amounts to more bureaucracy, but if its creation allows for more
>> admins, the net effect is fewer backlogs.
>> 
>> Is something like this possible with the current MediaWiki and dump
>> creation software?
>> 
>> --
>> John
>
>This is pretty much just 
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight, is it not?
>
>-Gurch

The mission of Oversight would need to be expanded to deal with copyright violations. Right now it covers only posting of sensitive personal information. Currently copyright violations are simply replaced, usually not even deleted. Oversight hides even from administrators. Would that be necessary or appropriate?

Fred