[WikiEN-l] HD DVD key mess - OFFICE/Foundation?

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Arromdee [mailto:arromdee at rahul.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 08:03 AM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] HD DVD key mess - OFFICE/Foundation?
>
>On Wed, 2 May 2007, Fred Bauder wrote:
>> I don't recall any official stance. It was the responsible thing to delete it and oversight it, however. While this particular instance is not terribly risky due to its widespread distribution, there can be very serious legal liabilities. When one of our anonymous editors posts a bond sufficient to cover likely damages, I'll back down.
>
>This is ridiculous.  By your reasoning, any admin could delete any article out
>of process at any time for "legal reasons", regardless of whether
>Wikipedia's lawyer, or any lawyer, has been consulted.  People, we *have* a
>process for deleting articles that are legally questionable.  It's called
>[[WP:OFFICE]].  Out of process speedy deletion is not it.

I would encourage administrators to take responsibility. Someday a substantial legal liability may show up and someone who takes responsibility may save our bacon.

Fred