[WikiEN-l] Re: Terms of use
Tim Starling
ts4294967296 at hotmail.com
Tue Jun 22 04:08:31 UTC 2004
Delirium wrote:
> I think we should continue the consensus-based system of "officialness"
> that we've been using for years now: if the Wikipedia community says
> it's official, then it's official. That's what the discussion on the
> talk page is for: to hammer out a consensus wording.
>
> Perhaps for legal niceties the board ought to rubber-stamp it, but I
> certainly would expect the board wouldn't fail to agree to something
> that has been drawn up by consensus.
Community consensus can't be a party to a contract. For this and other
reasons, I removed the terms of use link from the footer. As a
replacement for its main point, I added a copyright notice to old
revisions. JamesDay chose the wording. If there are no objections, I
intend to add a notice to the terms of use page stating that it is not
official policy.
I see no reason to use a contract to inform users of their obligations
under US law. Just inform them, don't try to trick them into implicit
agreements formed by "using this site in any way".
I also had concerns with the "submission standards", and changed that
page accordingly. Please see the two talk pages for more details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Terms_of_use
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Submission_Standards
-- Tim Starling
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