On 02/10/06, Nick Boalch n.g.boalch@durham.ac.uk wrote:
My own €0.02 is that we should steer away from Byzantine and restrictive 'terms of service' for contributors as much as possible. Part of the point of Wikipedia is, as ever, that 'anyone can edit' and I'm wary of things that may discourage people from doing that. I also wonder if more expansive terms of service would actually do anything to deal with the problem here (which I presume is that of commercial organisations using Wikipedia for what amounts to advertising). If, as you surmise, few users will read them, why bother creating them? Advertising is already covered by Wikipedia policy.
Yes. What is the point of such a rule in a TOS? It won't stop deliberate violation. So how is it planned to enforce it?
"Wikipedia: The encyclopedia anyone can edit if they click OK to a multi-page contract of adhesion of the sort no-one ever reads anyway."
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