[WikiEN-l] IRC logging, disclosure

[Blu Aardvark]

Joe Szilagyi wrote:
> Crux of the question, yes. Why do any rules or policies from 3rd party
> websites or services receive enforcement on Wikipedia? James F or Kelly or
> whomever made the rule for the channels, but their authority on Freenode has
> no applicability on Wikipedia.
>
> Regards,
> Joe
> http://www.joeszilagyi.com

I must say, that is an interesting point. #wikipedia, as is commonly 
claimed, is in no way sanctioned or endorsed by Wikipedia. And yet the 
rules from #wikipedia will still be enforced on-wiki.

The best argument I've seen has been the copyright argument. Users on 
IRC are not explicitly releasing their text under the GFDL or another 
free use license, hence, Wikipedia can reject the text as copyvio. In my 
opinion, this is still a pretty cheap argument, with rather transparent 
reasoning behind it, but it's still valid, even if barely so.