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

[Chad]

Now, I don't know the specifics of whether this particular instance of
someone editing is illegal, but I'm making a general statement on the
issue:

This is not a matter for enwiki ArbCom to decide. For the /last/ time
it is not their job to deal with outside legal issues. If someone is
doing something that is against the law and someone feels compelled to
report them, this should have no bearing on on-wiki activities. If
someone is breaking the law to edit and someone else reports them,
that is their right within whatever jurisdiction they live in. Banning
the reporting editor serves no purpose short of instigating drama. As
highly Wikipedia thinks itself, it isn't above the law, and "Anyone
can edit" hasn't been passed into any constitution as far as I know.

We punish editors for obeying the law? Wow, standards /have/ dropped.

Chad.

On Jan 2, 2008 1:18 PM, 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?
>
> Nathan
>
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