Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-03 Thread Kwan Ting Chan
Andrew Turvey wrote: - Sam Blacketer sam.blacke...@googlemail.com wrote: Without any knowledge of who is involved and which article is involved I would hope the edits were oversighted They were. When did they start answering whether an oversight have taken place? KTC -- Experience

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread michael west
On 02/12/2009, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Telegraph today: A senior judge has ordered Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, to disclose the identity of one of its contributors after a mother and her young child pleaded for help in identifying an alleged blackmailer.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread Michael Peel
On 2 Dec 2009, at 16:20, michael west wrote: On 02/12/2009, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Telegraph today: A senior judge has ordered Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, to disclose the identity of one of its contributors after a mother and her young child pleaded for help in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread michael west
On 02/12/2009, michael west michaw...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/12/2009, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Telegraph today: A senior judge has ordered Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, to disclose the identity of one of its contributors after a mother and her young child pleaded for help

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread Magnus Manske
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: While the Telegraph may possibly be correct that this is the first time for a British court to make such an order, I doubt this is the first instance of that clause being invoked. Yes, but the Telegraph is

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread Charles Matthews
Magnus Manske wrote: On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: While the Telegraph may possibly be correct that this is the first time for a British court to make such an order, I doubt this is the first instance of that clause being invoked.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread Bod Notbod
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: Agreed, but my point really is that anyone dealing with the media would be better prepared with some knowledge of other instances. And I don't instantly have the facts (some of what I know about this might

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread Brian McNeil
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 17:36 +, Bod Notbod wrote: On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: Agreed, but my point really is that anyone dealing with the media would be better prepared with some knowledge of other instances. And I don't

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread geni
2009/12/2 Sam Blacketer sam.blacke...@googlemail.com: The judgment is here: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2009/3148.html Note WMF not represented but the judgment quotes the privacy policy extensively. Seems reasonable. Someone was being a [[WP:DICK]] of the first order. Turned out

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread Michael Peel
On 2 Dec 2009, at 20:23, geni wrote: I see no problem with the court's or WMF's actions. Slightly worried about the attempt by the plaintiff to prevent the WMF's name from being released but the court didn't grant that I can understand why that might have been attempted. Um... that's not

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/12/2 Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net: On 2 Dec 2009, at 20:23, geni wrote: I see no problem with the court's or WMF's actions. Slightly worried about the attempt by the plaintiff to prevent the WMF's name from being released but the court didn't grant that I can understand why that

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread geni
2009/12/2 Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net: On 2 Dec 2009, at 20:23, geni wrote: I see no problem with the court's or WMF's actions. Slightly worried about the attempt by the plaintiff to prevent the WMF's name from being released but the court didn't grant that I can understand why that

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread Michael Peel
On 2 Dec 2009, at 20:53, geni wrote: 2009/12/2 Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net: On 2 Dec 2009, at 20:23, geni wrote: I see no problem with the court's or WMF's actions. Slightly worried about the attempt by the plaintiff to prevent the WMF's name from being released but the court didn't

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor

2009-12-02 Thread Sam Blacketer
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:53 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/12/2 Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net: On 2 Dec 2009, at 20:23, geni wrote: I see no problem with the court's or WMF's actions. Slightly worried about the attempt by the plaintiff to prevent the WMF's name from being