Cascadia wrote:
My thoughts of the language that would appear are as follows:
"By and large, administrators and editors are responsible for all actions on Wikipedia that may involve legal action. Most administrative actions on Wikipedia should not fall under any existing laws. However, should an admin be summoned to a court of law under a suit alledging illegal action as part of an administrative act, the Foundation will assist the admin to the point of asserting that the Foundation controls the content on all sites under their jurisdiction, and that the admin is an appointed delegate of the Foundation and is generally free to carry out those orders as they see fit.
Well,
Administrators are not appointed delegates of the Foundation, and they do not receive any orders.
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This assertion may be made as a "friend of the court" brief, or a statement on behalf of the admin and or their legal counsel. The Foundation may also, at it's discression, take any further action or provide any further assistance. If an action taken by an admin actully violates any laws, then the admin is acting solely within their own judgment and are not representing the Foundation in those actions, and as such, responsible for any legal issues that arrise."
Probably would need to be shortened, but that's the jist of what I would think of. -Cascadia
"Thomas Dalton" thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote in message news:a4359dff0704191643m267ba565y4d8465439acfbee8@mail.gmail.com...
I specifically stated that I could not find any admin action that could be taken by any admin that could be sued upon without the complatintant being laughed out of the court room, but we're talking about those situations where the case goes before "The one judge in the world who would hear it".
Just because the judge is willing to hear the case doesn't mean it stands any chance of being successful. That's all irrelevant though - the question is about the WMF protecting admins. If the WMF were to have a policy of protecting admins, what would that policy say?
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