[WikiEN-l] Attack Site Wars, Episode VII... The Return of the Essjay

[White Cat]

Right. What I meant was it is really a bad idea to dance in the "Slander and
libel" territory. But you make an excellent point.

     - White Cat

On 6/28/07, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On  0, Sean Barrett <sean at epoptic.com> scribbled:
> > White Cat stated for the record:
> > > Harassment is a legal issue. Record of a persons wrongdoing is not the
> point
> > > of wikipedias articles. We are an encyclopedia not an archive.
> Wikipedia
> > > isn't about the truth. We are not the justice police.
> > >
> > > This really isn't at all about protecting him. Because he is
> non-notable
> > > putting a slanderous article about him may lead to legal problems.
> >
> > It's not slander if it's written down, and it's neither slander nor
> > libel if it's true.  Please stop throwing around legal terms you don't
> > understand.
> >
> > --
> >  Sean Barrett     | It Is Now Safe To Turn Off Your Computer
>
> That's probably true for you and me, but it may not be where White Cat is
> (with the caveat that I'm assuming White Cat was formerly known as Cool Cat
> and I don't remember Cool Cat ever mentioning where he lived). From
> [[Libel]], one can read:
>
> "In many, though not all, legal systems, statements presented as fact must
> be
>   false to be defamatory....In some systems, however, notably the
> Philippines and
>   the Canadian province of Quebec, truth alone is not a defense.[3] It is
> also
>   necessary in these cases to show that there is a well-founded public
> interest in
>   the specific information being widely known, and this may be the case
> even for
>   public figures."
>
> --
> gwern
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