Thanks for sending this over Andreas. I'll raise it with the Trustees for
discussion.

Stevie

On 15 November 2012 12:09, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Andy Mabbett 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the additional info; I'm familiar with the history. My
>> point is that - for whatever reason - the CIPR guidelines are stricter
>> than Wikipedia's own, and we need to be mindful of that.
>
>
>
> Charles mentioned
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-12/News_and_notes
>  yesterday
> as related to this question.
>
> Given that this court judgment is based on EU law, it could potentially
> have quite far-reaching consequences for the legal status of COI editing in
> Wikipedia.
>
> Wikimedia Germany have commissioned a legal opinion from an expert. Could
> I suggest Wikimedia UK do the same? While the underlying EU Directive
> applies in both countries, there may be differences in national
> implementation.
>
> Andreas
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