Banning is one suggested solution. I propose another solution which would require as a condition of editing (possibly even of using) Wikipedia that all disputes be submitted to our dispute resolution process, up to and including arbitration thus keeping us out of court, except for the possiblility of appeal of an arbitration for which purpose we should designate a convenient court, probably the district court where Jimbo lives in Florida.
Fred
From: Sean Barrett sean@epoptic.org Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 07:14:06 -0700 To: wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Legal threats as grounds for automatic termination
I want to forstall filing of law suits, especially in federal courts (which can be quite arbitrary). A simple, essentially bogus, legal action in a federal court with associated appeal can easily cost the defendant $100,000 or more.
And banning them will prevent this how, exactly? _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l