On 1/1/09, David Goodman dgoodmanny@gmail.com wrote:
The example given is simple vandalism, not harmful libel, and what surprises me about it is that the p. was not very quickly protected to deal with it.
Don't take that for granted. In some cultures it could be the worst form of libel. In any case semi-protecting the page might have prevented the IP editors from removing it (unless they have accounts they simply weren't using).
There were registered users, RC patrollers, dealing with it in the beginning, but they stopped reverting when the vandal ceased editing as an IP and became User:Dankass.
Guess they figured "oh, it must be true now".
—C.W.