I am going by the text. The Credit Card Usage Policy and the Pluralism, Internationalism, and Diversity Policy also carry that boilerplate, but they very clearly do not apply to the projects. Indeed, the Code of Conduct Policy specifically states that it not a policy for community members.
Still, I agree with you that an official statement would be welcome. On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Jake Wartenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > This would be a great thing for the foundation to clarify. We should > probably go by the text and not by how the policy is linked to on a > template. It states *"This policy may **not be circumvented, eroded, or > ignored on local Wikimedia projects."* > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Benjamin Lees <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I don't think the non discrimination policy should be construed to apply > to > > the communities: the policy says that it applies to the Wikimedia > > Foundation > > and makes no mention of the projects or volunteers. Note also that it is > > listed under "Board and staff" on the navigation template (the policies > > that > > apply to the projects are listed above). > > > > In any event, paraphilias are not legally protected characteristics. > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
