On Oct 15, 2012 3:36 AM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > James Heilman, 14/10/2012 22:18: >> >> Thematic organizations have the same amount of authority over content on >> Wikipedia as chapters. To spell this out clearly that means NONE. One does >> not put these sorts of details in a NGOs by laws [...] > > > Actually, chapters do and very clearly, as a general rule.
Aye. This is done to ensure the chapter cant legally exert influence over content or the community, but also to help shield the chapter from lawsuits about content. A medicine org needs to be very clear about this, as lawsuits for incorrect medical information will be very expensive. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
