[WikiEN-l] Analysis of the politics of "Brandt unblocked by

Anthony wikilegal at inbox.org
Sun Apr 22 16:31:03 UTC 2007


On 4/21/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> Gwern Branwen wrote:
> > as opposed to Brandt,
> > where it isn't unthinkable a judge would decide that the decision
> > to keep the article was bad
>
> No, that really is pretty much unthinkable.  There is absolutely nothing
>   legally problematic at all in our having a biography about Daniel
> Brandt.  He has been featured in major newspapers on multiple occasions
> for a variety of different things.  His work, and our article about him,
> is precisely the sort of speech that the 1st Amendment is designed to
> protect.
>
> If there is libel about Brandt in Wikipedia, I am sure that he will
> point it out.  He is unblocked now precisely so that he CAN point it out.
>
So now that he's reblocked he CAN'T point it out?



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