Institutional memory. Why it said what it said in the first place. Fred
----- Original Message ----- From: Szymon Grabarczuk <tar.locesil...@gmail.com> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 04:51:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Official disclaimers Or Jimbo? :D On Wed, 27 Jun 2018, 10:36 FRED BAUDER, <fredb...@fairpoint.net> wrote: > If you edit that page you should be aware of the legal implications of > what you write. You can consult our lawyers or Jimbo if you need to. It > should be tailored to whatever is unique about your language or nation. Not > sure if there is some global policy somewhere. It is legal. It limits > liability by notifying users of various realities, such as, we cannot, and > do not, guarantee reliability, so use at your own risk. > > Fred Bauder > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Amir E. Aharoni <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> > To: wikimedia-l <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 03:50:02 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Official disclaimers > > Hi, > > All WMF wikis have a "Disclaimers" link at the bottom. > > The target page often includes language that sounds legal, but they can be > edited by people who don't have any official legal role or certification. > > Is there a general, global policy about how the name of this link is > translated, and about what is written on the page where it leads? > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > “We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>