Ray Saintonge a écrit:
Anthere wrote:
Section 4.2. WRITTEN RESIGNATION. Any member may resign from the Foundation by submitting a written resignation to the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective as of the date received by the Foundation, unless said resignation specifies another date. The Board at its sole discretion may maintain or remove any such users account from any of its projects upon such resignation.
Wait a minute there...Why should resignation from the wikimedia foundation have ANY sort of relation with the fact of being allowed to contribute to Wikipedia ?
Are we writting here that the board may have the right to erase a user account from Wikipedia, just upon the argument that the user in question decided to resign from the foundation ?
Are we saying that the board of the foundation is having any power as to decide who is allowed or not allowed to have an account ?
Perhaps the problem here is with the words "at its sole discretion". Most of these accounts would be removed as a result of a request by the resigning person. Placed where it is, it only applies to persons who have resigned. Presumably the issue would be considered elsewhere if it referred to a banned user. It is also possible that the person may wish to return with a different identity. Thus someone who has been active in our internal politics may decide to come back with a less conspicuous identity and limit his edits to a few non-controversial areas without a lot of hassle.
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But that is a bit problematic I think. Any wikipedian may be, or may not be part of the foundation, right ?
So, why is resignation as a foundation member confused with the resignation as a wikipedian ?
I understand the intent, but...why may the board decide to remove the account of a user upon the reason he resigned from the association ? A resignation is a voluntary act, not the act of a banned user or a vandal. So, it is up to the wikipedian to ask the deletion of his account if he wishes so. No ?