[Foundation-l] Re: Formal request: Wikinews project
Tim Starling
t.starling at physics.unimelb.edu.au
Wed Oct 13 06:27:19 UTC 2004
I don't understand why Wikinews will have any more exposure to legal
liability than Wikipedia. Wikipedia has been threatened with legal
action numerous times, for example by Khalid bin Mahfouz. Wikipedia has
many biographies of people who are only notable due to recent news
coverage, and these biographies typically consist of facts and rumours
originally published by the mainstream media.
My point is just that if we decide to avoid Wikinews, it shouldn't be
for legal reasons.
-- Tim Starling
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