QUOTE(ColScott @ Sun 6th December 2009, 6:43pm)
On Monday I am forwarding this thread to Livingston's agent, along with similar threads about my experiences. If his lawyer is smart, he can declare a calss action lawsuit on behalf of everyone known and unknown attacked by WP. This is impossible to defend against, will cost them millions and will hopefully be the end of this shitty nightmare.
Whilst I would not cry if you were successful, I doubt it will happen.
I also think you confuse two legitimate criticisms:
1) Wikipedia may be a moronic concept. I suppose that very much depends on one's epistemology. However, there is no law against having a crappy encyclopedia with unreliable articles, nor should there be.
2) That people can write about you with impunity is wrong. That should not be allowed. People who write about other living people should do so my name and be fully accountable in reputation and in law. Yes, people can comment anonymously on other websites, but the proprietors of other websites do not pass off the commentary of anonymous persons as factual.
Mah, having written this, I'm not so sure those criticisms can be differentiated....