[WikiEN-l] Don't remove a WP:OFFICE tag put there by Danny

Michael Snow wikipedia at earthlink.net
Mon Mar 13 00:30:57 UTC 2006


Anthony DiPierro wrote:

>The designated agent is there for takedown notices of copyright
>infringements, and they have to be in writing, not over the phone. 
>  
>
Do you think that if the Wikimedia Foundation gets a phone call from 
someone complaining about copyright infringement, they're going to say, 
"Sorry, we're not going to do anything unless you send it in writing 
with all the elements required for a takedown notice"?

>Also, Jimmy has stated that most of the problems that people are
>complaining over are not legal problems, but inaccuracy problems.
>  
>
The two are not neatly separable. Fundamentally, defamation cases 
involve inaccuracy problems.

>So, if I find an inaccuracy in Wikipedia, should I call up Danny? 
>
No, you should edit the article, unless the article is actually about you.

--Michael Snow



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