On 2/10/06, Christopher Larberg christopherlarberg@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 04:01 +0000, Tony Sidaway wrote:
On 2/10/06, Philip Welch wikipedia@philwelch.net wrote:
(I wrote:)
Could we get out of the "Wikipedia is America" thing?
Sure, as soon as St. Petersburg, Florida secedes from the Union.
Um, what?
I believe what he's getting at is the fact that the Wikimedia Foundation's database servers all reside in St. Petersburg, and the content on them is thus subject to United States and Florida law.
My suggestion pertained to a discussion of whether it was against the law to advocate the use of illegal drugs in a userpage or userbox. It depends more the jurisdiction in which the person making the statement resides at the time, than on the location of the server that carries the statement.