User:Slaporte (WMF)

I am interested in copyright law/policy, bicycling, and open source projects. As a volunteer, I am User:Slaporte. My home wikis are the English Wikipedia and Wikisource. Outside of my day job, some of my open source work includes contributions to Montage, a photo jury tool used for Wiki Loves Monuments and other regular campaigns. I co-created Listen to Wikipedia and a few other Wikipedia-related projects.

I work on a wide range of topics for the Wikimedia Foundation leading the Legal Department. Our work included legal defense for the Wikimedia projects, support for the people who build it, and advocating for the legal principles that make it possible.

If you need to contact the legal department, please write to legalwikimedia.org instead of contacting me directly. If you need to report something urgent, please contact emergencywikimedia.org. If you are threatened with a lawsuit for your activities on Wikipedia, we have legal resources that may be available to you.

For legal ethical reasons I (as well as the rest of the legal team) can only represent the Wikimedia Foundation and cannot be the attorney for the community or chapters, though the legal team often provides strong support to the community in many ways consistent with Wikimedia Foundation goals.

Disclaimer:
I work for or provide services to the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I try to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, and edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation. The legal team can only represent the Wikimedia Foundation on legal matters, so we are unable to give legal advice to others, including community members, editors, or contributors. Communications with members of the legal team are not consultations and do not create any confidential relationship.