--- Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
That is a very good point. The policy needs to be rewritten to say that the foundation is not accrediting the individuals, it is just giving those individuals who have gone through a community-run and board-approved
process
permission to use the Wikinews name and logo on press badges.
But you don't need permission to use the Wikinews name and logo on press badges.
What? That needs a good deal of explanation. How could somebody legally and/or morally be able to do that? I just cant use the name and logo of any organization I may volunteer for or give money to on badges meant to gain access.
Wikimedia and indeed the reporter emself rarely have any control over what is printed on a press badge in the first place.
Community created policy will say what will be on the badges.
And your position is that someone needs the permission of the board in order to call themselves a "community approved Wikinews reporter"? That's completely out of touch with reality.
That is a absurd mischaracterization of what Im advocating. The community controls who can validly say that. What the community does not control is the use of the Wikinews name and logo in a way that may get the foundation in trouble.
-- mav
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