Thanks for sending this over Andreas. I&#39;ll raise it with the Trustees for discussion.<div><br></div><div>Stevie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 November 2012 12:09, Andreas Kolbe <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jayen466@gmail.com" target="_blank">jayen466@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Andy Mabbett <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk" target="_blank">andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Thanks for the additional info; I&#39;m familiar with the history. My<br>
point is that - for whatever reason - the CIPR guidelines are stricter<br>
than Wikipedia&#39;s own, and we need to be mindful of that.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>Charles mentioned <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.666666984558105px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-12/News_and_notes" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.666666984558105px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-12/News_and_notes</a> yesterday as related to this question. </div>

<div><br></div><div>Given that this court judgment is based on EU law, it could potentially have quite far-reaching consequences for the legal status of COI editing in Wikipedia. </div><div><br></div><div>Wikimedia Germany have commissioned a legal opinion from an expert. Could I suggest Wikimedia UK do the same? While the underlying EU Directive applies in both countries, there may be differences in national implementation.</div>
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