Right. What I meant was it is really a bad idea to dance in the "Slander and
libel" territory. But you make an excellent point.
- White Cat
On 6/28/07, Gwern Branwen <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 0, Sean Barrett <sean(a)epoptic.com> scribbled:
White Cat stated for the record:
> Harassment is a legal issue. Record of a persons wrongdoing is not the
point
> of wikipedias articles. We are an
encyclopedia not an archive.
Wikipedia
> isn't about the truth. We are not the
justice police.
>
> This really isn't at all about protecting him. Because he is
non-notable
putting a
slanderous article about him may lead to legal problems.
It's not slander if it's written down, and it's neither slander nor
libel if it's true. Please stop throwing around legal terms you don't
understand.
--
Sean Barrett | It Is Now Safe To Turn Off Your Computer
That's probably true for you and me, but it may not be where White Cat is
(with the caveat that I'm assuming White Cat was formerly known as Cool Cat
and I don't remember Cool Cat ever mentioning where he lived). From
[[Libel]], one can read:
"In many, though not all, legal systems, statements presented as fact must
be
false to be defamatory....In some systems, however, notably the
Philippines and
the Canadian province of Quebec, truth alone is not a defense.[3] It is
also
necessary in these cases to show that there is a well-founded public
interest in
the specific information being widely known, and this may be the case
even for
public figures."
--
gwern
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