On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.ukwrote:
Thanks for the additional info; I'm familiar with the history. My point is that - for whatever reason - the CIPR guidelines are stricter than Wikipedia's own, and we need to be mindful of that.
Charles mentioned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-12/News_an... yesterday as related to this question.
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.
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.
Andreas