The whole issue might be approached in these steps: 1) Determine the role of the Foundation We claim that WMF does not interfere with the content. How true is this, and how true we want to make it? It is pretty easy to say that "our national Wikimedia organisation" is not the owner, but WMF in a country far far away and difficult to suit. And WMF claims that it is not responsible for content, but the author in question. But if WMF establishes a policy about BLP, there might rise doubt this.
2) Determine what the issue exactly is If someone complaints about "his" article, his criticism can be reasonable or not. So this is the policy itself. Maybe WMF could support (together with other organizations) a group of experts that makes a policy proposal for internet platforms in general. 3) Help the readers, "victims" and Wikipedians Not only for the persons concerned, but also for the Wikipedians it is important to know how to deal with the issue. I would welcome a brochure for people who believe that their personality rights are inflicted, and training lessons for Wikipedians. Those lessons could be organized by Wikimedia organisations with a more general title, also interesting for a curriculum vitae (resumé) of the participating Wikipedians. Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
