--- Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal(a)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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