----- "WereSpielChequers" <werespielchequers@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm more concerned about what happens when something is posted to our
> site that is unfair, inaccurate and full of malice. Presumably
> Wikimedia in the US is the publisher

I understand that the Foundation claim that they are not the publisher of Wikipedia, just the "operator". So if an editor posts something on Wikipedia the foundation has the same legal liability as, for instance, an ISP which hosts a website containing problematic content.

I don't know if this has ever been tested in court.

Andrew