[WikiEN-l] Libel chill

[Sydney Poore]

Talk is not a good place to put suspected defamation and libel. IMO, it 
should be completely removed from the article. Other types of 
questionable content can go on the talk page awaiting verifiable 
reliable sources. The person removing the content should look for 
reliable sources. Also they should contact the person that put the 
content in the article. Reverting the content without the follow up 
posts is not Best Practice editing.
Sydney aka FloNight

Michael Jennings wrote:
> <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On 4/20/06, Tim Starling <t.starling at physics.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>>     
>>> In some cases, we may need to make a tradeoff between NPOV and risk of being sued ...
>>>
>>>       
>> We have three content policies that are very effective when applied
>> together: NPOV, V, and NOR. When these are strictly adhered to, they
>> produce articles with neutral content and encyclopedic tone (NPOV)
>> that use only reputable sources (V), with the sources being used
>> correctly so that no novel narratives are created (NOR) -- articles
>> that are extremely unlikely ever to cause a problem.
>>
>> So I'd say it's not a question of sometimes needing to relax NPOV
>> because of a libel problem, but the opposite -- we need to enforce
>> NPOV and the other two policies rigorously, understand how they
>> complement each other, and realize that, jointly, they're our very
>> best protection.
>>
>>     
> Yes. There could be an NPOV patrol.
>
> Is an article about a living person? Is an article controversial?
>
> The NPOV patrol would paste the POV to talk, along with an
> explanation and request for changes. A qualification of admins
> should require acceptable prior service on the NPOV patrol.
>
> I am suggesting implementation of an NPOV patrol.
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Sydney Poore

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