[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Legal obligation to report Wikipedia editor under UCMJ (Mike G weigh in?)

[Chad]

I agree that we shouldn't. Nor should we ban .mil addresses either.
However, actively encouraging editors to break the law in their area
isn't the best way to go about it. I think those that edit Wikipedia
when they shouldn't (be it government censorship, job contract,
military law) are taking an active risk on their /own/ part (and most
of the time, they're probably aware that they're doing something they
legally shouldn't). If someone wants to report someone for breaking
the law, that's their right, and Wikipedia has no role to play in it.

Chad H.

On Jan 2, 2008 3:15 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod at mccme.ru> wrote:
> >> 1) Are we under an obligation to prevent obvious violations of the law
> >> when we are aware of them, as in the case of all military IP edits
> >> being illegal (or some similar situation in another part of the
> >> world).
> >
>
> In China, editing WP is illegal. Should we also ban edits done by
> registered users via proxy-servers if it is known that the user is in PR
> China at the time?
>
> I think if we really start doing this we are just going too far.
>
> Cheers,
> Yaroslav Blanter
>
>
>
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