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

Chad innocentkiller at gmail.com
Wed Jan 2 19:07:46 UTC 2008


I'm not saying they handled it properly (which they didn't, it's
always best to privately contact an editor first...), but I am saying
that anyone thinking of punishing these editors /solely/ because they
choose to report a (suspected?) illegality occurring on Wikipedia
isn't necessarily acting right either.

If it came down to reporting a crime or losing my editing rights, I
would always choose the former.

Chad.

On Jan 2, 2008 2:00 PM, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 2, 2008 10:45 AM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We punish editors for obeying the law? Wow, standards /have/ dropped.
>
> If someone is under a legal obligation to do something, then they
> should do it.  We are not even contemplating otherwise.  However,
> there are correct ways of handling such an obligation.
>
> -Matt
>
>
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