[WikiEN-l] Legal obligation to report Wikipedia editor under UCMJ (Mike G weigh in?)

[Josh Gordon]

I'd be more inclined to take medical advice from a lawyer than the other way
around.

On Jan 2, 2008 10:34 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Generally I would agree, but it is the opinion of at least one editor
> (who is a physician apparently, not a lawyer) that under no
> circumstances is editing Wikipedia from a military computer considered
> legal.
>
> I'm curious as to the legal basis of his reporting requirement and
> additionally whether there is a conflict between our policies on no
> legal threats and a warning by an officer of a legal reporting
> requirement to a NCO suspected of violating the law.
>
> On Jan 2, 2008 1:29 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 02/01/2008, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Orangemarlin#Contacting_people.27s_employers_in_real_life
> > >
> > > This is an interesting thread (one of a few on this subject, including
> > > in the Jimsch62 (sp) RfAr) - two editors who are in the military/work
> > > for the US government claim that it is their legal responsibility to
> > > report to the USAF the use of a military PC to edit Wikipedia because
> > > that is a violation of the UCMJ. I'm curious about whether that is
> > > true, and if it is why we don't block .mil IPs from editing en masse.
> > >
> > > Mike Godwin, do you have an opinion on this issue?
> >
> > If the US military don't want their personnel editing Wikipedia, it's
> > their job to block it, now our job to block them. If they want us to
> > block them, they can contact the OTRS people and I imagine the request
> > would be honoured, though. Unless we're contacted by the appropriate
> > people, I don't see why we should do anything. The legal
> > responsibilities of US military personnel are not our concern - if
> > they have to report people, they should do so, but it's nothing to do
> > with anyone else.
> >
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