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

[Ray Saintonge]

Gwern Branwen wrote:

>On  0, Sean Barrett <sean at epoptic.com> scribbled:
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>>White Cat stated for the record:
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>>>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.
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>>>
>>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.
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>>--
>> Sean Barrett     | It Is Now Safe To Turn Off Your Computer
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>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:
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> "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."
>
Your claim about Quebec is wrong.  Criminal libel in Canada is a federal 
matter.

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