Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> a écrit :
Credentials are given by organizations - not by just
some people on the
Internet (which is all any Wikimedia project is by itself). Using that term -
in the real world where it has a specific meaning - to describe that process is
very misleading. Using that term and the Wikinews mark implies an official
connection that does not exist. That is dishonest and an abuse of the mark.
Does it mean Wikinews is not an organisation in itself ? I disagree. It is. And that means
that Wikinews can choose the way it wants to give out credentials.
IMO, the board needs to get involved via an oversight
process and they also
should give permission for credentialed Wikinewies to use the Wikiness logo and
name on press badges (the foundation could even create the badges at cost). The
oversight will be almost all hands off - the only real power it would have is
the power of immediately removing credentials in egregious cases or shutting
down the whole process if it gets out of hand.
When I read Angela, I think the Board is actually doing it : they let the Wikinews
community decide. And I don't understand what is this "trademark" story.
What the link between a trademark problem and a credential problem ?
Nor should it ever. But the implication is that
Wikinews itself credentialed
these people. Wikinews is not an organization in any legal sense and thus can't
grant anything. The Wikinews community, however, can be - if the board agrees -
to be its agent in the selection of trusted users for accreditation.
You got it.
Traroth
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