--- Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
Well, Wikinews is a community, and communities can grant whatever invented titles they want to grant.
For internal purposes, yes. But when those titles are used to gain access to events the possessor would not otherwise be able to attend in the outside world, then we must be *very* careful. Oversight is needed. Also needed is permission to use the marks and logos in that way. This is needed to protect the foundation and thus everything it supports.
The term "credential" has no legal meaning in general.
It has a very distinct meaning in the news media. It means that an organization is vouching for an individual.
I much dislike these constant gratuitous attempts to grab power from the community, especially through baseless legal threats.
This is not a power grab from the community. I in fact want what the community is doing to be officially sanctioned but with necessary oversight. Saying that is a power grab is a baseless accusation and frankly, trolling.
Again monikers up to now, such as administrator, only give people authority to act within our community. Saying somebody is a credentialed journalist is *very* different since that relates to that persons interactions with the outside world. Everything they do in our name is therefore a reflection on all of us and the foundation.
-- mav
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