[Foundation-l] Wikinews is giving out press credentials

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

By the way, I summed up some of my points at :

http://soufron.typhon.net/article.php3?id_article=108

Thanks,

Anthony DiPierro wrote:
> On 11/11/05, Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> --- Delphine Ménard <notafishz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/11/05, Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> In short, you're saying that this (from meta):
>>> "This accreditation process is overseen by the Wikinews community,
>>> though the **Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation have
>>> overall responsibility for the system**. In order to use the term
>>> "Wikinews" (a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation) on **press
>>> badges**, approval of the process by the Board must be sought. This is
>>> done by submitting a summary of the Accreditation policy of the
>>> Wikinews edition seeking approval in English to the
>>> board at wikimedia.org address.
>>>
>>> The criteria for accreditation will be documented on the relevant
>>> editions on Wikinews. **The Board may at any time revoke the
>>> accreditation of any Wikinews user, or even revoke approval of the
>>> project's accreditation process**."
>>>
>>> ...does not make the Foundation liable (my **tagging**)?
>> That is a very good point. The policy needs to be rewritten to say that the
>> foundation is not accrediting the individuals, it is just giving those
>> individuals who have gone through a community-run and board-approved process
>> permission to use the Wikinews name and logo on press badges.
> 
> But you don't need permission to use the Wikinews name and logo on press badges.
> 
>> To be even more
>> clear those badges should have a disclaimer on them saying that the foundation
>> is *not* vouching for that person's credentials and accepts no responsibility
>> for anything that person does.
>>
> Wikimedia and indeed the reporter emself rarely have any control over
> what is printed on a press badge in the first place.
> 
>> In fact, it may be safer (at least clearer) to drop all mention of
>> accreditation or credentials. Just use a different word for it like "community
>> approved Wikinews reporter" or something like that.
>>
>> -- mav
> 
> And your position is that someone needs the permission of the board in
> order to call themselves a "community approved Wikinews reporter"? 
> That's completely out of touch with reality.
> 
> Anthony
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