On 02/01/2008, Nathan <nawrich(a)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.