[WikiEN-l] Getting hammered in a tv interview is not fun

[Slim Virgin]

On 3/30/07, doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> But I say again, legal concerns are not the biggest worry.
>
> There is publicity. How long before the media get wind of a case of some
> innocent person who gets screwed by Wikipedia? Stressful
> reputation-wrecking libels lie for weeks - John Doe eventually sees them
> and complains - the complaint lies for days on OTRS - the material is
> removed - but nothing credible done to prevent its replacement three
> days later. - Then how do we fancy the headline: "Wikipedia-induced
> suicide: in a final note John Doe blames the on-line encyclopedia"?
>
> Then forget about the publicity and ask yourself about the ethics of all
> of this. As a byproduct of the encyclopedia, we are hurting real people,
> can we not do more to prevent it?
>
Aside from the legal and moral issues, the public may not want to keep
on giving money to an organization that's seen to have caused
preventable harm to individuals.