[Foundation-l] Fwd: [WL-News] Wikimedia Foundation in danger of losing immunity under the Communications Decency Act

[Brian McNeil]

I have negatively covered the Foundation. There were no repercussions,
although some people might wish I had never started the story.

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimedia_fundraiser_highlights_webcomic_communi
ty%27s_frustration_with_Wikipedia_guidelines


Brian McNeil

-----Original Message-----
From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Delirium
Sent: 19 May 2008 02:23
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [WL-News] Wikimedia Foundation in danger of
losing immunity under the Communications Decency Act

Jimmy Wales wrote:
> Delirium wrote:
>   
>> In one notable 
>> incident, a current member of the board (Erik) was de-sysopped by Jimmy 
>> in April 2006 for unprotecting an article that a Foundation 
>> representative had protected, though that protection had not been 
>> labeled as an official Foundation action.
>>     
>
> I did not de-sysop Erik, ever.  To the contrary, actually.
>
> Please be careful about making such dramatic claims.
>   
My mistake; I completely misremembered who did what. Those interested in 
the details can get the accurate summary from a contemporary edition of 
the Wikipedia signpost:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-04-24/Office_
actions

In any case, though, Erik *was* blocked and desysopped for undoing a 
Foundation action, and people since then (especially with less stature 
in the community) have been quite wary of ignoring or undoing Foundation 
"suggestions".

-Mark


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