[WikiEN-l] Rod Liddle, Spectator, on his Wikipedia article

[Ray Saintonge]

Charles Matthews wrote:
> Andrew Turvey wrote:
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>> Criminal sanctions takes it a step higher of course, but it's a tool open to us and I think we should consider using it when we can and when it's appropriate. You're probably right that this isn't exactly the right case - but I still think it's quite shocking and damaging to our reputation to hear a fairly mainstream British magazine bragging about vandalism in this way. 
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> Sadly, once a judge or jury member has understood that our complaining 
> about vandalism is equivalent to complaining about someone driving off 
> in your car when you left it unlocked and with keys in the ignition and 
> with a sign on the bonnet saying "you can drive this car right now", our 
> tally of successful civil actions may be low, and criminal actions can 
> be forgotten.  
See http://www.buzzle.com/articles/121121.html
> The common sense of the situation is that we have to make 
> our model of open editing work, rather than relying on the legal system 
> to cover its deficiencies.  
To be sure, anyone has the right to prosecute a losing case in the 
courts, and to make a laughing stock of himself. Advocating and 
proclaiming for a legal solution to a problem is a common tactic among 
incompetents who have never seen the inside of a courtroom. It is often 
associated with a lack of legal standing in the matter.

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