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?
I don't see why not - it's quite easy to imagine a legal obligation that would be unacceptable to WMF or wiki communities.
(In this particular case, it's pretty clearly one editor trying to use this as a threat to intimidate another editor out of editing, i.e. this is straight-up No Legal Threats territory as far as en:wp is concerned. Particularly as he tried to leave it hanging over his head for months. Sounds not much like a legal obligation to me.)
- d.