On 8/20/06, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/20/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
By the way, if we really do want to remove potentially defamatory statements from all of Wikipedia, and not just the articles, I'd like to nominate [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Anthony DiPierro]] for deletion. The comment made by Muriel is particularly defamatory to me.
It's largely a statement of Muriel's opinion of you, and thus not libel.
I'd say calling someone who is not a public figure "disturbed" is rather likely to be libelous.
And no, we do not, I believe, intend in general to remove statements from arbitration cases, absent serious legal threat.
Maybe I should make a serious legal threat... I'll have to think about that... I tend to think that such a threat would only serve to make matters worse, though.
In fact, asking for it, whether you are serious or simply making a point, illustrates many of the issues you have had with the Wikipedia community rather well.
Asking for what? Are you saying that my politely mentioning a libelous page about me and saying that I'd like for it to be removed illustrates the issues I've had with the Wikipedia community? If so, then I guess it illustrates how much ado about nothing those issues have been.
Anthony