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

[Tony Sidaway]

On 4/20/07, Cascadia <cascadia at privatenoc.com> wrote:
> 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.

Oh Boy, it's Stratton Oakmont v. Prodigy all over again.  Don't go there.