[Wikimedia-l] The soft underbelly of the WP: the sponsored private fiefdoms that thrive in the blind spots

[Fred Bauder]

> On 07/23/2013 02:03 PM, Todd Allen wrote:
>> I
>> don't think such a proposal would be hopeless on en.
>
> How did dewiki circumvent the difficulties regarding attribution and
> role accounts?  Last I checked, our terms of use prohibit password
> sharing, and IIRC Mike Godwin (legal counsel at the time) stated there
> were some serious issues with the idea of contributions not being
> credited to an individual.
>
> -- Marc

The corporation, or whatever, itself would have to sign off legally. It
would have to control access to the account. It could hire a public
relations firm if that were part of our deal with them.

Fred