In a message dated 12/15/2008 8:19:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, sarcasticidealist@gmail.com writes:
defamatory vandalism was allowed to persist for two days. Even if his overall views on Wikipedia are incorrect, which some (by no means all) of them are, he's entitled to sympathy and everything we can do to prevent this from happening again. >>
---------------------- There isn't any way to prevent defamation. If there was, it would have been instituted in real-life long ago.
Will Johnson
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There isn't any way to prevent defamation. If there was, it would have been instituted in real-life long ago.
Yes, that's true. However, it is still possible to (a) act quickly to remove defamation and minimise its harm and (b) punish people who engage in defamation.
--Thomas