[WikiEN-l] Will the WMF protect admins acting as their agents to enforce policies?

MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic at gmail.com
Thu Apr 19 20:10:54 UTC 2007


Can you be more specific?  Why would the WMF need to legally support an
admin.

Mgm

On 4/19/07, Info Control <infodmz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Or are admins on their own legally? An authorized WMF agent needs to
> answer
> this... rather than random people guessing based on what ifs and maybes
> (as
> is happening on the Brandt discussion).
>
> Would admins acting as agents of WP be covered in any way? If not, why?
> Maybe its time this was defined for the safety, protection, and knowledge
> of
> any admins. I'm terribly afraid that the WMF will not do a thing to not
> risk
> losing claimed and still untested Sec. 230 immunity in the United States.
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