[WikiEN-l] Brandt unblocked by Jimbo - community support?

[Florence Devouard]

Slim Virgin wrote:
> On 4/19/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/19/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Erik, I think this post sums up what a lot of people are feeling.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Community_sanction_noticeboard&curid=9413741&diff=124142298&oldid=124142009
>>>
>> I appreciate that.  As we've already discussed, this appears to be due
>> to a very serious misperception of the status of voluntary edits on
>> Wikipedia.
>>
> It's worth clearing up once and for all, and letting new editors and
> admins know what the situation is. Lots of people believe that if
> they're threatened with violence or a lawsuit while carrying out work
> on behalf of Wikipedia, they can look to the Foundation for help. I
> think it's important finally to clarify how the Foundation sees itself
> in law, how it see its admins and editors, what Jimbo's position is,
> and when something is an OFFICE action, and when not. And when it's
> not, what the status of it is.
> 
> Wikipedia's too large and prominent now for the loose understandings
> that it's relied on in the past, understandings that not everyone
> shares or even knows about.
> 
> Sarah

Hi Sarah

I have answered to some points here: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Anthere#WP:OFFICE_and_Brandt

Bottom line, we need a new General Counsel.

Anthere