On 11/11/05, Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- 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 can't use the name and logo of any
organization I may volunteer for or give money to on badges meant to gain
access.
You might have a hard time getting the badge in the first place, but
that's something you need the permission of the entity issuing the
badge for, not the permission of the organization whose name happens
to be printed on the badge.
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.
Community created policy can say whatever it wants to say. The entity
issuing the badge is going to decide what will be on the badge.
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 I'm 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
No one controls who has the right to make a such a perfectly valid
statement. With the logo maybe you're entering grey area, but most
press badges don't have the logo of the news organization on them
anyway.