Oldak Quill wrote:
A bit of common sense where common sense was due :) That said, I'm not sure you're right about 3 - litigation against vandalism is not something Wikimedia should engage in (at least, I can't think of a scenario where Wikimedia could justifiably use the threat of prosecution against vandals), but it is still interesting to consider how the law would treat wiki vandalism.
I think the practical problem would be to find a prosecutor who cared. Real-world graffiti costs significant money and time to remove, plus there are constituents (read: voters) calling City Hall to do something about it. For wiki vandalism, exactly which elected official are you going to complain to?
A crafty approach might be to create bios on all prosecutors, and then just wait for those to be vandalized. :-)
Stan