On 11/11/05, Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- Delphine Ménard <notafishz(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 11/11/05, Daniel Mayer
<maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
In short, you're saying that this (from meta):
"This accreditation process is overseen by the Wikinews community,
though the **Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation have
overall responsibility for the system**. In order to use the term
"Wikinews" (a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation) on **press
badges**, approval of the process by the Board must be sought. This is
done by submitting a summary of the Accreditation policy of the
Wikinews edition seeking approval in English to the
board(a)wikimedia.org address.
The criteria for accreditation will be documented on the relevant
editions on Wikinews. **The Board may at any time revoke the
accreditation of any Wikinews user, or even revoke approval of the
project's accreditation process**."
...does not make the Foundation liable (my **tagging**)?
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.
To be even more
clear those badges should have a disclaimer on them saying that the foundation
is *not* vouching for that person's credentials and accepts no responsibility
for anything that person does.
Wikimedia and indeed the reporter emself rarely have any control over
what is printed on a press badge in the first place.
In fact, it may be safer (at least clearer) to drop
all mention of
accreditation or credentials. Just use a different word for it like "community
approved Wikinews reporter" or something like that.
-- mav
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.
Anthony