[WikiEN-l] Indefinite block and desysopping by User:Danny

[maru dubshinki]

On 4/19/06, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/20/06, maru dubshinki <marudubshinki at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We shouldn't examine that data, however. Very bad precedent, and poor
> > for privacy, especially since we aren't dealing with out-and-out
> > vandals here, but merely critics.
>
> If the circumstantial evidence provided is valid, this is far worse
> than vandalism. This is people in a position of trust abusing it and
> possibly exposing Wikipedia to liability for copyright infringement or
> defamation by causing such material to be published.

I disagree. Vandalism is direct actual damage to our content and our
reputation, as opposed to possible theoretical damages caused by those
iages. The abuse of trust is sad, and possibly a moral lapse (do we
expect admins to never take screenshots of deleted pages, and to hold
close to their chest any information declared verboten?), but the
legal argument I'm not sure I buy- the guilty one is the one
retrieving it and publishing it. We removed it, in good faith. While I
am not a lawyer, our responsibility seems minimal.

~maru