On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipedia@gmail.com wrote:

Italian Wikimedians are reporting that Wikimedia Italia (the Italian local chapter) and former chapter president (and former Wikimedia board member) Frieda Brioschi are being sued for an outrageous sum over alleged defamation in a (now-deleted) biography on Italian Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gianfranco/Wikimedia_Italia_sued_for_20,00...

-Sage

Interesting. Although the Italian media also reported that I (and Jimbo and various others) was being sued for 50 million euros, and I haven't seen that lawsuit yet.

If the edits in question were made during a time when Frieda was on the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation (and even if not), I wonder if the WMF will contribute to her legal expenses. And if the case moves forward, I would very much hope that Wikimedia Italia makes an announcement on how to contribute to its legal defense fund (assuming it does not declare bankruptcy/dissolve based on liability alone).

Nathan