On 12 August 2015 at 19:46, Gerard Meijssen <> wrote:
Hoi, In case of a legal situation. Taking a position like "superprotecting" means that you take on a liability. When you do this as part of a job, it is different from doing it as a volunteer.
-- The only difference I can understand is that the stewards/admins and their knowledge, skills and decision-taking power have been tested or verified by the community. We can not say the same thing for *all* WMF employees.
On 11 August 2015 at 22:17, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Can you clarify what you mean? If there are legal reasons for superprotecting a page, I think that the stewards could handle that.
Pine
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, <grin> did you consider the legal ramnifications ? Thanks, </grin> GerardM
On 11 August 2015 at 22:14, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
My preference would be to have stewards applying Superprotect rather
than
WMF. There are cases where Superprotect makes sense, but given WMF's history with it, I would prefer that it become a community tool.
Pine
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Magnus Manske < magnusmanske@googlemail.com
wrote:
So maybe it could stay, as a "technical office action" mechanism,
if
future
usage is clearly defined and accepted by "the community" (TM)?
Not advocating either way here...
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 8:13 PM Dariusz Jemielniak <
darekj@alk.edu.pl>
wrote:
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 8:36 PM, John Lewis <
johnflewis93@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Yes. It was used a few months ago to prevent editing the
Germany
item
on
> Wikidata due to a very serious breaking issue. Also on several
pages
> following legal disputes. > > Superprotect in my opinion if used correctly is an essential
tool
which
can > prevent legal and technical issues that can in theory cause
wide
> disruption. > > In my private opinion the technical part of Superprotect has a
potential
to
be useful, it is the social background (who approves its use, how
it
can
be
used, etc.) that matters and that is the bone of contention (and
justified
concerns). I have a hope that we will have it resolved before the
next
anniversary or earlier :)
best,
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