An interesting example: the article on Joe Lieberman was semi-protected one day because it was a "bad day for vandalism<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Lieberman&diff=prev&oldid=177264167>." It was unprotected, and hours later it picked up an IP edit accusing<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Lieberman&diff=next&oldid=177264167>Leiberman of being a "flaming homo" who had just come out on the Ellen Degeneres Show.
You would think that an IP editor adding an outlandish and false claim on a high-profile biography like [[Joe Lieberman]] would be quickly reverted, right? Well, you would be wrong. It was not corrected for over five hours. This is how well we handle blatant vandalism in our highest-profile subjects. How do you think we fare with subtle defamation on obscure subjects? We already know the answer to that<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_Sr._Wikipedia_biography_controversy>. Let's fix this already. We need BLP semi-protection. Cool Hand Luke On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a message dated 12/16/2008 6:01:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Are you denying that libel can seriously hurt real people? Or that > Wikipedia suffers from libel? Or that Wikipedia fails to act > effectively enough against libel?>> > > > --------------------- > The statement was made that this is "common" not rare. > I do deny that "Wikipedia fails to act effectively enough against libel" > > Yes I deny that. > But I also deny that this situation is "common" as opposed to rare, or > rather I'd like to see some hard evidence, not a lot of hand-waving and > hyperbole > :) > > Bearing in mind that this thread is not simply about vandalism or libel, > but > *rather* it is about the situation originally presented, where some > scandalous statement, which is also without foundation, is allowed to > persist for a > significant length of time. Remembering that scandalous statements are > only > libel if they are without foundation and known to be without foundation by > the > speaker. > > Will Johnson > > > **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > ( > http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010 > ) > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
