I think it is fairly easy to make such statements when you live abroad, and
are not directly influenced by its outcomes.
As a side note, if this strike goes through (I could both understand it if
it does, and if it doesn't), I would recommand to add a link to an English
translation at least, for all those foreigners who might be visiting
it.wikipedia as well.
An alternative could be to use a really huge sitenotice, so that people are
forced to scroll down a lot every time - which is very frustrating, but
doesn't deprive you of the actual contents.
Best,
Lodewijk
No dia 4 de Outubro de 2011 15:23, Thomas Morton <
morton.thomas(a)googlemail.com> escreveu:
Because of such a risk (it’s easily understandable that this rule will
make
encyclopedia articles as pure “frames” for
unchangeable text imposed by
others), the Italian community has decided, by a vast majority (see
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bar/Discussioni/Comma_29_e_Wikipedia
)
to lock both read and write access to encyclopedia articles and to
publish
decision
will be implemented as soon as possible, during
the next 12 hours.
Being polite; I'd call that a serious overreaction. Akin to throwing the
baby out with the bath water!
I bought my tame Italian lunch and she likes me again; so deigned to have a
read of this law. As far as we can make out there doesn't seem to be a leg
to stand on.. or any real likelihood of risk to editors or content...
In the modern world countries love to try it on and apply their internet
laws across the world. Fortunately courts tend to give that short shrift.
Which, at least, will mean incoming legal issues
or inquiries to be
managed by WMF, withrelated expenses.
To the extent of a polite response saying "not a chance, sorry", and an
offer to hand them off to a volunteer to help resolve any issues. Which is
what happens at the moment :)
Tom
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