[WikiEN-l] Defamation policy

[Rob Smith]

On 8/18/06, Sarah <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:

>... Someone
> in that case was posting long screeds of damaging claims to the talk
> page because editors were resisting allowing it into the article.
>
> There are lots of ways material can be discussed with directly
> referring to it, and people can ask for a reliable source for all
> edits....

For the record, the "screeds" were in fact direct quotes with proper cites

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Candidate_statements/Fred_Bauder&diff=30396478&oldid=30392313

added without comment

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Chip_Berlet&oldid=28992316#continue_the_body_count

In sum, a proper cite was deemed a "personal attack" on a "privileged expert".

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Verifiability&diff=prev&oldid=30392874