On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net> wrote: > >> We don't exist to fix the real world - we exist to report on it >> accurately. Many of the things we report on are unfortunate. An IMF >> candidate who alledgedly raped a hotel maid, a tornado that killed 89 >> plus people, a terrorist attack in Pakistan and several ongoing and >> incipient wars, these are other unfortunate things that make the >> neologism Santorum pale in comparison. >> >> >> -- >> -george william herbert > > I think you miss the point. Malice can make even publication of true > information about a public figure actionable. Participation of a > nonprofit corporation in political activity poses problems. I'm not sure > what happened here but we need to look at it carefully and evaluate our > level of participation in creation and dissemination of this "word".
The word was created in its neologistic sense, propogated, and became popular / infamous without Wikipedia's help. Google was a large part, and blogging, but we really weren't. I don't discount that Wikipedia is at times used promotionally, sometimes with negative BLP impacts, but in this case it was a real world phenomenon not something driven by WP editors. The article seems balanced to me, particularly presenting Santorum's objections in a responsible and reasonably positive light. -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
