[WikiEN-l] threats of violence (not the editors job)

[Screamer]

Bryan Derksen wrote:
> Screamer wrote:
>> I don't actually believe any of this should be codified.  It is *not* 
>> a volunteers job to assess /OR/ report.  They do so of their own 
>> accord, but we should not encourage it.
>
> May even cause us problems if it is. If there's some policy somewhere 
> that says editors should report threats of violence to the police, but 
> for whatever reason nobody does and the violence gets carried out, 
> would there be the possibility of lawsuits against editors for 
> "failing their duty"?
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The depends on the locality I guess, but I 'm not going to enforce laws 
of my locality on another country for example (by telling everyone they 
should or should not report.  People will do the right thing, for the 
most part.  We don't have to codify this.


./scream