On Dec 13, 2007 8:01 PM,
<joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu> wrote:
Quoting George Herbert
<george.herbert(a)gmail.com>om>:
Keep in mind that there are verifyably hundreds
of Carolyn Doran's in
the US. It's entirely possible she's not the same person who
committed those other crimes. I don't know how good Cade Metz' fact
checking is on that point; it needs to be verified, but I wouldn't
assume it to be true.
If it isn't true the Foundation and Doran should sue The Register for
libel. If
this is wrong it might even constitute sufficiently reckless behavior to be
actionable in the United States, and certainly would be libel in
Great Britain
where the Register is. However, I doubt even the Register would be this
sloppy.
I'd be willing to bet about 8 to 1 that this is the same Carolyn Doran.
Based on who appears to be feeding information to Metz, he has sources
that have falsified information before both for press and community
attacks on Wikipedia before.
Really? What evidence do we have that Metz has relied on any sources that have
falsified information for the press? Falsified information to attack Wikipedia
yes, but to information given to the press as far as I can tell (the previous
articles were terribly distorted but did not appear to be have falsified
information per se. Much more of an issue with leaving out relevant details).