On 12/18/05, Keith Old keithold@gmail.com wrote:
We need to pay particular attention to the biographies of contemporary biographies especially of controversial figures.
This is so head-poundingly obvious that I'm quite shocked that it's being described as "another problem looming for Wikipedia." It's a constant problem for any information conduit, whether a magazine publisher, a corporate email system, or a radio station.
What do you do? You run a help desk, you take notice of complaints. If your operation has American users, you make sure nobody who thinks he has a first amendment right to keep on inserting unfounded nonsense into articles remains able to do so.
Every publishing concern the size of Wikipedia has been sued. Often.
Raise a legal fund.