Fastfission wrote:
If we are thinking about policy, I would recommend: *Information that purports to be classified and leaked should probably not be on Wikipedia. There are other outlets to wage one's war on secrecy, we can afford to play it safe on this one and not feel we are really hurting the world in any great way.
A person posting such information would be foolish to say that it is classified. That would only draw attention. Stating it would only serve to satisfy the poster's ego.
*If Wikipedia was told by a government that certain information on it was classified and was asked to remove it, we should consider it on a case-by-case basis. Safe option is to just capitulate, though I know some of the more idealistic people would disagree with this on principle. (I'm not very idealistic.)
For a government to say that something is classified would bring as much attention as if the user has said so. It would compromise their ability to neither confirm or deny the fact in question, and close their option for plausible deniability.
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