On 02/05/07, Andrew Lih <andrew.lih(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Keep in
mind that the hex/number itself is now notable.
That is not true. I was in IRC when Zscout370 uttered it and
immediately pointed out that it was the case.
Of course, it is notable as "the HD DVD key", not as a string of hex
digits - there is nothing *numerically* significant about it. We could
quite legitimately (if somewhat clumsily) write about it and the giant
kerfuffle without ever actually quoting the number, or indeed ever
*needing* to. Consider the way newspapers cover high-profile
defamation lawsuits without ever quoting the slander - the important
story is that something was said and how it was reacted to, not the
exact wording of what was actually said...
If we need some historical context, Wikipedia handled the [[Katelyn
Faber]] (Kobe's accuser) issue quite well in keeping her name out of
Wikipedia until it was made public.
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)