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A lawsuit against an individual wikipedian, or an admin, would also have a chilling effect. Indeed even an unsuccessful one would make a lot of Wikipedians nervous. Do I really want a hobby that could get me having to defend myself in court?
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As for whether this would have a chilling effect on WP BLP editors if it happens, I should hope so. The best chilling effect will be watching Godwin distance WMF from any action of any WMF editor whatever. (IMG:
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QUOTE(HRIP7 @ Mon 26th April 2010, 3:12pm)
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There have been
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at least two lawsuits against individual Wikipedians.
I am unable to find any recent coverage of the Grebner suit. As for the Livingston suit, it seems it was dropped after the editor responsible was identified, and the vandalism stopped:
That vandal was I.D.'ed right here on WR, mostly by Somey. No stinkin' "forensic computer expert" was needed. It would be hilarious if the guy ended up charging Livingston for work done for free on WR. Well, not HILARIOUS, but you know what I mean.
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Source: Wikipedia - The Dumbing Down of World KnowledgeIs anyone familiar with the author of this article?
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Edwin Black is the award-winnng author of "Internal Combustion,"The Plan - How to Rescue Society the Day Before the Oil Stops," "IBM and the Holocaust," and the publisher of TheCuttingEdgeNews.com. Edwin is also a frequent contributor to The Auto Channel.
We discussed Edwin Black not that long ago on WR, as there was a WP editorial spat about getting the Wiki that discusses his book
IBM and the Holocaust properly named. A WebHamster sock got spotted and blocked in the course of the argument. Whoever that was. (IMG:
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