As an editor, and a counter vandal, here is my opinion:<br>What he did would come under blatant vandalism, as he DID NOT source his edits, and defamed living people without any base. Had he provided a reliable source, I might've considered reading it. <br>
Regards, <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 February 2011 13:00, Yann Forget <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yannfo@gmail.com">yannfo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello,<br>
<br>
2011/2/26 Bishakha Datta <<a href="mailto:bishakhadatta@gmail.com">bishakhadatta@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Theo10011 <<a href="mailto:de10011@gmail.com">de10011@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Ask any OTRS volunteer about threats like these, this is nothing compared<br>
>> to the threats we get on a daily basis.<br>
><br>
> What are the kinds of threats OTRS volunteers get? Just curious.<br>
<br>
</div></div>I am not an OTRS volunteer, but in April 2010 I got a real threat<br>
because of my work on Wikisource.<br>
<br>
Gallimard, one of the biggest and most famous French publisher, sent<br>
me a registered letter (yes, here in India!) threatening to sue me if<br>
the texts it claims a copyright on were not quickly deleted. It also<br>
sent the same to the Wikimedia Foundation. The texts were deleted<br>
after a request by Mike Godwin, WMF lawyer. I made a counter-notice<br>
and the texts were undeleted in June 2010. Gallimard found my IRL<br>
address on Facebook, as I have a link to my Facebook profile on my<br>
Wikisource home page.<br>
<br>
The deleted texts are copyrighted in France, but not in USA, and not<br>
in India, so there are legally hosted by the WMF in USA, and I am<br>
legally entitled to publish them on Wikisource, as a resident in<br>
India.<br>
<br>
In fact, I expected Gallimard to try to sue me in France, which would<br>
not have much real effect on Wikisource, but would be quite annoying<br>
for me if I go back to France. But I never received any news from the<br>
publisher after I sent them a letter saying that they business model<br>
is outdated, and they should find better way to promote French<br>
literature.<br>
<br>
> Bishakha<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Yann<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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