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

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

On 4/19/07, Info Control <infodmz at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 4/19/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can you be more specific?  Why would the WMF need to legally support an
> > admin.
>
>
>
> Admins "enforce" policies and actions on the website, and are empowered to
> do so by the WMF (high ranking WMF people 'give' them the ability and
> buttons/position). If an admin gets sued by someone over some
> administrative
> action they took on behalf of WP/WMF, or gets caught up in litigation
> involving WP/WMF, would the WMF indemnify them/help out?
>
> Or are all admins considered by the WMF legally separate from themselves,
> to
> maintain the claimed Sec. 230 immunity?


People are legally responsible for their  own edits. I don't see how  admin
actions are any different.

Mgm