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

Wed Jan 2 22:32:44 UTC 2008

On Jan 2, 2008 3:32 PM, Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:

> Matthew Brown 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.
> >
>
> It should also not be viewed as a choice whether to "punish" people or
> not. The Arbitration Committee is tasked with resolving disputes to keep
> the English Wikipedia functioning and serving its mission, not with some
> sort of meting out of justice.
>
> It's quite possible that certain people's real-world legal obligations
> are simply incompatible with how we'd like English-Wikipedia admins to
> act, in which case it's best for everyone involved that they follow
> their real-world legal obligations but not be an English-Wikipedia admin
> in order to avoid this conflict.
>
> -Mark
>
> I'm not sure I see the incompatibility in this case between being an
"admin" and being a member of the military. But perhaps there is between
having check-user ability and being a member of the military...