On 11/9/05, Dariusz Siedlecki <datrio(a)gmail.com> wrote: There also might be an issue wrt privacy and publicity rights, but then again this might not be a problem for Wikinews since news reporting is generally an exception. But don't news reporters have to identify themselves and their company in order to be allowed to publish the quotes and/or the photos? Or is this just a courtesy? I don't know anything about this, but maybe someone on here would. There you go. The point of this email is just to prove that we NEED

Lars Aronsson wrote: The Wikinewsies revoke their credentials, of course. We have a process on Wikipedia (at least on en:) for removing Administrator access when admins abuse it, so I see no reason why Wikinewsies can't remove credentials from those who abuse them through a similar process. If it's some sort of dire emergency it can be temporarily done by fiat to speed things up, of course (the way developers can de-admin someone without waiting if it's a major problem). -Mark

Is it any different to someone going to a conference to talk about Wikipedia? It will be generally be assumed they're representing the Foundation, even though there was no community or Board approval for them to go there and do that. Why couldn't the people making the apology be the same people giving out the credentials - that is the community itself. Angela.

--- Lars Aronsson <lars(a)aronsson.se> wrote: The good name of Wikinews and the foundation would also be harmed. This is exactly why the foundation needs to give this process high level oversight (again - all accreditation and reaccrediation will be handled by the community and almost all deaccreditation will be done by the community as well). I know that the potential of Jimbo being able to step in and nullify the ArbCom was often on my mind when I worked on that body. I think that that potentiality helped the ArbCom from going too far in the direction of grabbing power. People also need permission to use our marks in a way that implies an official connection. It is one thing to say you are a Wikinews reporter, it is something else entirely to say you are a credentialed Wikinews reporter and for you to show a badge with your photo, name, the Wikinews mark and the Wikinews logo on it. The first case does not require permission, the second case does. -- mav __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com