[Foundation-l] Community Assembly

Geoffrey Plourde geo.plrd at yahoo.com
Tue May 13 00:14:03 UTC 2008


Well is there sufficent support for a Declaration that the Community wants governance? 



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From: Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Community Assembly

By that logic, the Foundation could not hold Board elections, discuss on
the mailing lists, or conduct the fundraiser, as it involves being "involved in
the community." This is different from being involved in the editorial model
of Wikipedia, which they are not.

-Chad

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The community creates content. If the Foundation is involved in the community, they are indirectly involved in content.
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> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 4:23:05 PM
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> Incorrect. If the Foundation get involved in /content/. There's a
>  distinct difference
>  between not being involved in content and not being involved in the community.
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> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  > If the foundation gets involved in community issues, they aren't an ISP under Section 230
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>  >  From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>
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>  > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:47:18 PM
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>  > On 12/05/2008, Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  >  > Meta is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. If the remit is increased, Section 230 immunity goes to the birds.
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>  >  Meta is a website run by the WMF. Section 230 is specifically about
>  >  making people that run websites not be liable for the actions of their
>  >  users. You're not making any sense...
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