[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia cited in court case

[Jake Nelson]

It has been mentioned before, yes. (Don't recall if it was on the mailing
list or the 'pedia.) It's worth noting (previous mention was before the case
went to trial) that the kid won.

--Jake

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From: "Tucci" <tucci528 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:15 PM
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia cited in court case


> Americans might be aware of a recent court case
> involving a student suing on the basis of being
> punished in school for using the word "fuck", which he
> claimed was an infringement of his right to free
> speech.  The kid's lawyer filed a long brief detailing
> the history of the word, which apparently uses
> Wikipedia's article as a source.  See
> http://thesmokinggun.com/archive/fword1.html
>
> TUF-KAT
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