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

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Wed Jan 2 22:08:46 UTC 2008


Chad wrote:
> 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.
It seems as though you are treating any illegality as a crime.  To me 
there is an important distinction between violating administrative 
regulations, and serious criminal acts which can do real harm to anybody.

Ec




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