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
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
>
>
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Cheers,
Moka
Moka Pantages
415.839.6885 x 635
@moka
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