David Gerard wrote: > On 4 June 2011 15:42, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think it's a fairly dangerous precedent to have the Wikimedia Foundation >> involved in making individual decisions about who can and can't edit. > > They certainly can determine who can and can't use the servers they > are custodians of. > > I appreciate your concerns about not crossing the streams, but there's > plenty of things on the wikis the foundation already uses its powers > to control.
MZMcBride wrote: > One procedure for a global ban committee could be to direct the Wikimedia > Foundation to declare particular people as completely unwelcome, or > something like that. My view is that the Wikimedia Foundation exists to serve the community. I completely agree regarding the server (property) usage, but I still think having that kind of directive come from the community (via the Wikimedia Foundation, as necessary) is ideal. MZMcBride _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
