On 0, Sean Barrett sean@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."
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