On 1/2/08, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Orangemarlin#Contacting_people.27s_em...
This is an interesting thread (one of a few on this subject, including in the Jimsch62 (sp) RfAr) - two editors who are in the military/work for the US government claim that it is their legal responsibility to report to the USAF the use of a military PC to edit Wikipedia because that is a violation of the UCMJ. I'm curious about whether that is true, and if it is why we don't block .mil IPs from editing en masse.
Mike Godwin, do you have an opinion on this issue?
Nathan
I think the meta-issue is what expectation there is on us as Wikipedia editors to separate our perceived "real life" obligations from our "wikipedia editor" obligations. Most of us edit as private citizens, and not under the authority or direction of our employers. If the editor who claims a fiduciary duty to their employer is actually editing as a private citizen, I do not see how this is a "mandatory reporting" situation.
Risker
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