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

[Thomas Dalton]

On 02/01/2008, 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.

Illegal for the person doing the editing, maybe, but not for WMF, surely?

> 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.

I guess he ought to report the NCO without warning him, or warn him
offsite ("email this user", or look up his email address on some
military directory if such a thing exists). The "no legal threats"
policy applies regardless of the legal grounds - otherwise non-lawyer
admins wouldn't be able to enforce it.