On 02/01/2008, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
Generally I would agree, but it is the opinion of at least one editor (who is a physician apparently, not a lawyer) that under no circumstances is editing Wikipedia from a military computer considered legal.
Illegal for the person doing the editing, maybe, but not for WMF, surely?
I'm curious as to the legal basis of his reporting requirement and additionally whether there is a conflict between our policies on no legal threats and a warning by an officer of a legal reporting requirement to a NCO suspected of violating the law.
I guess he ought to report the NCO without warning him, or warn him offsite ("email this user", or look up his email address on some military directory if such a thing exists). The "no legal threats" policy applies regardless of the legal grounds - otherwise non-lawyer admins wouldn't be able to enforce it.