(and doesn't "More on" go well with that site?)
Somebody e-mailed me that I probably shouldn't be giving more publicity to that silly bunch of losers, but some monitoring of those boards might be a good idea because some of the content hints at possible future attacks on Wikipedia. Here's one where Brandt recounts his recent attempts to goad Seigenthaler into digging up the dead horse of the long-corrected defamation against him last year again:
http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=3347
Apparently, Mr. Seigenthaler has enough good sense to decline to become a Brandt meatpuppet and do his bidding; Brandt would like him to do stuff like sue Wikipedia, or else issue a "do-this-or-else" demand to have his article completely removed (so as to serve as a precedent that Brandt can then follow), but he has no interest in it. However, Brandt seems to think that Seigenthaler is favorable to launching a new media campaign against Wikipedia which might be able to pave the way for future legislation and litigation against it. Or maybe Seigenthaler is just being polite to Brandt when they converse, and has no plans to agitate on this issue. But it's worth watching for anyway. When the media decides something is the menace of the week, like comic books in the 1950s and a whole succession of drug menaces (from crack to ecstasy to Oxycontin) from the '80s on, they can pour on excessive hype and prompt legislatures to take unwise action.
Future legislation and litigation against Wikipedia? It makes sense to watch the site, but I question if any of the content posted there isn't groundless. Are there any respected editors who are well known members of the site?
On 9/4/06, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
(and doesn't "More on" go well with that site?)
Somebody e-mailed me that I probably shouldn't be giving more publicity to that silly bunch of losers, but some monitoring of those boards might be a good idea because some of the content hints at possible future attacks on Wikipedia. Here's one where Brandt recounts his recent attempts to goad Seigenthaler into digging up the dead horse of the long-corrected defamation against him last year again:
http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=3347
Apparently, Mr. Seigenthaler has enough good sense to decline to become a Brandt meatpuppet and do his bidding; Brandt would like him to do stuff like sue Wikipedia, or else issue a "do-this-or-else" demand to have his article completely removed (so as to serve as a precedent that Brandt can then follow), but he has no interest in it. However, Brandt seems to think that Seigenthaler is favorable to launching a new media campaign against Wikipedia which might be able to pave the way for future legislation and litigation against it. Or maybe Seigenthaler is just being polite to Brandt when they converse, and has no plans to agitate on this issue. But it's worth watching for anyway. When the media decides something is the menace of the week, like comic books in the 1950s and a whole succession of drug menaces (from crack to ecstasy to Oxycontin) from the '80s on, they can pour on excessive hype and prompt legislatures to take unwise action. -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/
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