[WikiEN-l] Don't remove a WP:OFFICE tag put there by Danny

[Jimmy Wales]

Michael Snow wrote:
> The Cunctator wrote:
>>1. Calling the Foundation to complain about Wikipedia is not an
>>officially recognized way to change content on Wikipedia.
>> 
>>
> 
> This is the inaccurate statement. Contacting the Wikimedia Foundation 
> with a complaint has been officially recognized as a way to address 
> inappropriate content for as long as the organization has existed. 
> That's why we have a designated agent, for example, as required by law.

Absolutely.

>>2. Calls to the Foundation complaining about Wikipedia content have led to
>>a) edits to Wikipedia by Foundation staff
>>b) Blanking of Wikipedia articles by Foundation staff
>>c) Protection of Wikipedia articles by Foundation staff
>>d) Various combinations of the above
> 
> Also, deletion of Wikipedia articles as well as images and other files. 
> I don't see a problem with this. Do you expect the Foundation to not do 
> anything about legitimate complaints? It has to take action regarding 
> such complaints, otherwise it loses any legal protection it has against 
> being liable for the content on Wikipedia.

Additionally, if you review the sorts of things that are done to deal
with complaints, they are almost all done in a very routine way.  We are
most often assisting people who don't know about Wikipedia in doing
things that they could do for themselves.

And: nothing about the WP:OFFICE policy allows for permanent protection
of any article.  The actions taken are *temporary* to allow time to sort
things out which appear to be particularly serious.  Characterizing this
as "going over the heads of editors" is wildly inaccurate.

>>3. Actions listed above by Foundation staff are sometimes marked by
>>WP:OFFICE and any interference with such actions by any editor can
>>lead to revokation of editing/sysop rights.

And many other actions undertaken by various members of the community
are marked in a number of different ways, and any interference with such
actions by any editor can lead to a revokation of editing/sysop rights.
 This is not unusual, this is not *contra* the community, this is *part
of* the community process.

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