On 20 January 2015 at 03:30, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
The page itself is interesting, as is some of the related discussion on
the talk page. I'm not sure if wiki bans strictly fall within security
theater, but it seems fairly clear that these bans are for show and not
much else.
Lfaraone, you're an English Wikipedia arbitrator only as far as I know. What
gives you the authority or expertise to make assertions about the legal
implications of WMF terms of use violations?
Are you a WMF employee?
Are you a lawyer?
Trillium Corsage
20.01.2015, 04:19, LFaraone
Hi.
Within the past week, Philippe has posted the Wikimedia Foundation's
global ban policy: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Ban_Policy.
The page itself is interesting, as is some of the related discussion on
the talk page. I'm not sure if wiki bans strictly fall within security
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 2:30 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Hi.
Within the past week, Philippe has posted the Wikimedia Foundation's
global ban policy: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Ban_Policy.
Raised it on the WMF board noticeboard, as I would expect they develop
MZMcBride z at mzmcbride.com writes:
I'm not sure if wiki bans strictly fall within security
theater, but it seems fairly clear that these bans are for show and not
much else. It's the Internet, after all, and anyone can edit. Under the
current scheme, the best we can do is try to revert and
