On 4/19/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 4/19/07, Slim Virgin
<slimvirgin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I appreciate that. As we've already discussed, this appears to be due
to a very serious misperception of the status of voluntary edits on
Wikipedia.
It's worth clearing up once and for all, and letting new editors and
admins know what the situation is. Lots of people believe that if
they're threatened with violence or a lawsuit while carrying out work
on behalf of Wikipedia, they can look to the Foundation for help. I
think it's important finally to clarify how the Foundation sees itself
in law, how it see its admins and editors, what Jimbo's position is,
and when something is an OFFICE action, and when not. And when it's
not, what the status of it is.
Wikipedia's too large and prominent now for the loose understandings
that it's relied on in the past, understandings that not everyone
shares or even knows about.
Sarah