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Korean Wikipedians charged with "criminal defamation:" a potential threat of censorship
by Puzzlet Chung 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

At most four Korean Wikipedians are charged with defamation of Song Young-gil, the Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City. According to the contributors, the prosecution is upon the Song's own request, and is going to be over publicizing a fabricated sex scandal in the article about him and (semi-)protecting it. The text in question is merely a sum-up of various reports about the speculations eventually found to be a hoax. Non-logged-in user(s) from various IP addresses have tried to remove the whole controversy section, including not only the scandal but other arguments about him, replacing it with personal contrary comments and legal threats. The edits are consequently reverted by some users and rollbacked by one administrator. The admin, [[ko:User:Kys951]], is also accused of being an abettor just because he is an admin. In the South Korean legal system, criminal defamation is partially a "crime upon complaint," (친고죄/親告罪) which becomes irrelevant to be a crime when the complainant chose to withdraw the case. (Note that I'm not a specialist of law, especially in English terminology.) The police of Southeastern Incheon thought the case itself is too insignificant to be a criminal case and tried to persuade him to withdraw it, only to be declined. Song has reportedly demanded the admin to remove the paragraph in exchange for fixing the charge, which is definitely not the way how Wikipedia works. Another concern about this incident is that this could happen to every bit of contribution to the project. South Korean government had been censoring any scribble on the web they think beneficial to North Korea,[2] and for later on, anything they think "fraudulent" whenever the state is in "threat," according to an exclusive report.[3] [1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ko/w/index.php?title=%EC%86%A1%EC%98… [2] http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/shame_on_democratic_south_korea_for_ce… [3] http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/economy/it/455022.html

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Re: [WikiKO-l] Coming to Seoul
by Moka Pantages 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Hello! I've just purchased my ticket and I'll be in Seoul February 2-6 as planned. I'm wondering if it would be good to set up a Wikipedia meet up while I'm there. Do you think people will come? Maybe we could see if KunstHalle: http://www.kunsthalle.com/ or SangSangMadong might like to host: http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=733295 We can organize a meet up anytime, just let me know what's best for everyone there. Looking forward to meeting everyone! Cheers, Moka 2010/12/16 Moka Pantages <mpantages(a)wikimedia.org> > Yes, I know you're planning an event for the birthday. I'm so sad to miss > it! > > OK, I will let you know my exact dates next week. And of course, let's > make a time to meet and talk about Wikipedia and how we can get more active > volunteers in Korea! And of course, we must have dinner. > > Looking forward to seeing you all soon. > > Cheers, > > Moka > > > 2010/12/16 류철 <ryuch(a)etri.re.kr>: > > > Hi, Moka > > > > Welcome! It's great. > > > > You know we are planning 10th birthday party of Wikipedia in Seoul? > > You can check it the :tenwiki:Seoul. > > > > Let us know your schedule later on. > > I hope we could have a dinner with you. > > > > Cheol > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Moka Pantages [mailto:mpantages@wikimedia.org] > > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 11:17 AM > > To: 류철 > > Cc: 이만재 > > Subject: Coming to Seoul > > > > > > Hi, Cheol! > > > > Guess what! I think I'm going to be able to make it to Seoul in the > > New Year! I'm planning to be there February 2-6. Should we plan a > > meet up? Should we have an event? > > > > Let me know what you think! > > > > Cheers, > > Moka > > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Moka > > Moka Pantages > 415.839.6885 x 635 > @moka > > -- Cheers, Moka Moka Pantages 415.839.6885 x 635 @moka

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Re: [WikiKO-l] Coming to Seoul
by 류철 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

Hi, Moka Welcome! It's great. You know we are planning 10th birthday party of Wikipedia in Seoul? You can check it the :tenwiki:Seoul. Let us know your schedule later on. I hope we could have a dinner with you. Cheol -----Original Message----- From: Moka Pantages [mailto:mpantages@wikimedia.org] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 11:17 AM To: 류철 Cc: 이만재 Subject: Coming to Seoul Hi, Cheol! Guess what! I think I'm going to be able to make it to Seoul in the New Year! I'm planning to be there February 2-6. Should we plan a meet up? Should we have an event? Let me know what you think! Cheers, Moka

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