Thanks for this Jacob. Would you please address Legal's approach to the following scenario: a company advertises Wikipedia editing services for clients, and there is no disclosure of paid editing by an editor employed by or affiliated with the company on Wikipedia. (In other words, a company is obviously not following the Terms of Use).
In my view, this is a situation where I would think that Legal should start a discussion with that company, and if those discussions fail to yield a change in behavior, Legal should then make a public statement indicating this, perhaps on the page you recently posted under a section entitled something like: "Companies that advertise Wikipedia editing services that have no disclosures on Wikipedia". If a company starts to disclose then of course the listing could be modified. This is something that editors ~could~ do, but as the ToU are issued by the WMF, it would seem more appropriate for WMF to do. But I am interested to hear Legal's perspective. Thanks On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:17 PM, Jacob Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > As I mentioned in my email earlier this month, we've put together a longer > statement regarding paid editing and how we see the balance of the > communities' role and the role that WMF legal can play in these cases. We > tried to address the concerns that people have raised to us, and explain > when it's helpful to contact us to assist on a case. Of note, it does > explain what actions we can take even in cases that don't involve the WMF > trademarks. > > You can find it here: Wikimedia Foundation statement on paid editing and > outing > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_ > Foundation_statement_on_paid_editing_and_outing> > > Best, > Jacob > -- > > Jacob Rogers > Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged > information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please > delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the > Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice > to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff > members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see > our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
