[WikiEN-l] Saucy Sources, reliable and re : libel.

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

Quoting Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net>:

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:22:44 +1100, "private musings"
> <thepmaccount at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The implication of recent editing there is that we can no longer
>> mention or refer to sources like The Times, or The Guardian even on
>> talk pages, if they may lead readers who click on them to think worse
>> of the article subject.
>
> Are you willing to foot the legal bills?  I have seen the emails to
> OTRS from di Stefano.  He is a lawyer.  A wealthy lawyer who is
> prepared to defend people like Milosevic and Noye.
>
> The fundamental problem, as has been detailed previously on the talk
> page, is that these papers are repeating a rumour which is not
> objectively provable.  Di Stefano considers the rumour defamatory
> (which it is) and points out that if it were true he would not be
> allowed to practice law in England.

This really shouldn't be being discussed on an open list. That said, the
response to that is he should be going after the very many sources which do
have the claim, and suing them. We're simply using the reliable sources
(including a United States federal court decision).