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

SPUI drspui at gmail.com
Thu Jun 28 14:26:30 UTC 2007


Gwern Branwen 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.
>>
> 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:

I think he's in Kurdistan.



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