On 6/27/07, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
Also it is a beefed up slanderous article on an individual. Since Essjay isn't a public figure this (the article) borderlines harassment of an individual.
There are truly public figures, and people who've done something that became widely newsworthy.
While Essjay may not be a public figure, he did something that was evidently widely newsworthy.
You can spin this, and our community can decide to spin how we deal with the situation, but the fact remains that what he did was widely reported.
This is both good for the community ("Look, if we screw up, we make the front page of the New York Times, we must have arrived!") and bad for the community ("Look, ...").