Anthere wrote:
Section 4.2. WRITTEN RESIGNATION. Any member may
resign from the
Foundation by submitting a written resignation to the Secretary. Such
resignation shall be effective as of the date received by the
Foundation, unless said resignation specifies another date. The Board
at its sole discretion may maintain or remove any such users account
from any of its projects upon such resignation.
Wait a minute there...Why should resignation from the wikimedia
foundation have ANY sort of relation with the fact of being allowed to
contribute to Wikipedia ?
Are we writting here that the board may have the right to erase a user
account from Wikipedia, just upon the argument that the user in
question decided to resign from the foundation ?
Are we saying that the board of the foundation is having any power as
to decide who is allowed or not allowed to have an account ?
Perhaps the problem here is with the words "at its sole discretion".
Most of these accounts would be removed as a result of a request by the
resigning person. Placed where it is, it only applies to persons who
have resigned. Presumably the issue would be considered elsewhere if it
referred to a banned user. It is also possible that the person may wish
to return with a different identity. Thus someone who has been active
in our internal politics may decide to come back with a less conspicuous
identity and limit his edits to a few non-controversial areas without a
lot of hassle.
Ec