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

Anthony DiPierro wikilegal at inbox.org
Mon Mar 13 02:03:48 UTC 2006


On 3/12/06, Michael Snow <wikipedia at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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"?
>
I don't know, but that's pretty off-topic.

> >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.
>
But inaccuracy problems aren't necessarily defamation.

> >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

I thought there was no policy that articles on living people were
treated any differently.

Anthony



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