[WikiEN-l] Two Comments on the Siegenthaler Situation

[Steve Block]

Snowspinner wrote:
> 1: If we are going to begin protecting pages because of news coverage  
> (Which is not unreasonable at all), we should have a protected  template 
> that makes that clear. After all, the first page people hit  is also a 
> place where they are going to want to try to edit - it's  important to 
> take those people and invite them to look at other  pages. I've created 
> [[Template:P-protected]] for this.
> 
> 2: I understand the need to remove the Siegenthaler libel from the  page 
> history. On the other hand, I think A) It is a matter of  important 
> historical record at this point, and B) It sets an unseemly  precedent. 
> Can we move the deleted history out of that article and  into an archive 
> page, perhaps with a permanant front page that notes  what it is, and 
> that it is a collection of vandalism?

I would disagree.  If we archive libellous statements, we are open to 
libel suits.


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