[WikiEN-l] Will the WMF protect admins acting as their agentstoenforce policies?

[Cascadia]

My thoughts of the language that would appear are as follows:

"By and large, administrators and editors are responsible for all actions on 
Wikipedia that may involve legal action. Most administrative actions on 
Wikipedia should not fall under any existing laws. However, should an admin 
be summoned to a court of law under a suit alledging illegal action as part 
of an administrative act, the Foundation will assist the admin to the point 
of asserting that the Foundation controls the content on all sites under 
their jurisdiction, and that the admin is an appointed delegate of the 
Foundation and is generally free to carry out those orders as they see fit. 
This assertion may be made as a "friend of the court" brief, or a statement 
on behalf of the admin and or their legal counsel. The Foundation may also, 
at it's discression, take any further action or provide any further 
assistance. If an action taken by an admin actully violates any laws, then 
the admin is acting solely within their own judgment and are not 
representing the Foundation in those actions, and as such, responsible for 
any legal issues that arrise."

Probably would need to be shortened, but that's the jist of what I would 
think of.
-Cascadia

"Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> 
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>> I specifically stated that I could not find any admin action that could 
>> be
>> taken by any admin that could be sued upon without the complatintant 
>> being
>> laughed out of the court room, but we're talking about those situations
>> where the case goes before "The one judge in the world who would hear 
>> it".
>
> Just because the judge is willing to hear the case doesn't mean it
> stands any chance of being successful. That's all irrelevant though -
> the question is about the WMF protecting admins. If the WMF were to
> have a policy of protecting admins, what would that policy say?
>
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