[Foundation-l] en.WP dysfunction (was: A letter to Wikipedia collides with the non-free content policies)

Sun Jan 27 12:56:32 UTC 2008

On 27/01/2008, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27/01/2008, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The idea that en.WP will recieve an offical WMF
> > evaluation of specific case, when the most general
> > pleas for clarification recieve no answer [1] is . . .
> > ambitious.
>
> Yes and no. Broad hypothetical cases are often much harder to answer.

And much more likely to be misinterpreted. Giving general legal advice
to people with no legal experience is a minefield, since they can
easily apply it to situations where it doesn't fit. Answering the
specific question "Is XYZ legal?" is much safer, if not necessarily
easier.