On 02/01/2008, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
Thats the crux - can we have a policy that imposes consequences on an editor for fulfilling a legal obligation and actions associated with that obligation?
That is, indeed, the crux of the matter. As far as I know, we can, since there is no legal right to edit Wikipedia, but that is the question that needs answering.
Related to NLT - if someone doesn't make a legal threat, but actually *sues* an editor and does so via a subpoena to the WMF, is there any policy treating that situation?
There's not a relevant enwiki policy, to my knowledge. The WMF may well have internal policies on how to deal with such legal action - they probably involve alerting Mike and having him fulfil the foundation's legal obligations. There may also be some WP:OFFICE actions to limit any potential further damage. That's all at foundation level, though, and isn't up to the enwiki community.