[Foundation-l] Contact in Thailand

Sat May 20 05:11:41 UTC 2006

Patrick, Brad wrote:
> Don't assume anything.  If you are speaking as a person interested in
> Wikipedia, great.  I'm sure you have good things to say about Wikipedia
> in Thailand.  Good for you.  All I am saying is that you do *not* have
> the authority to speak on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 
>   

I'm not sure if you're new here or what, but this isn't how we do things 
at the Wikimedia Foundation.  We discuss politely, if sometimes 
heatedly, on the mailing list, not brusquely and dictatorially.

Waerth asked if the Foundation had confidence in him to discuss with 
this organization; not if he legally has the authority to enter into 
commitments on behalf of the foundation, which is quite a different 
matter.  In short, his question did not call for a legal opinion, and 
offering one unsolicited was unhelpful, misrepresenting the matter, and 
impolite.

-Mark