The difference is one of intent. I dispute the claim that we often defame people - an innocent mistake in an article is not defamation. Even if we're a little careless to allow such mistakes, that still isn't defamation (I think the legal threshold in most jurisdictions is recklessness). On Nov 12, 2012 3:26 PM, "Thomas Morton" <[email protected]> wrote:
> You misunderstand. > > As I mentioned: we simply have no moral high ground to criticise their > actions. Our controls are shoddy and we defame people all over the place. > They massage biographies etc. to cast things in a better light. > > Who is the good guy? > > Tom > > > On 12 November 2012 15:21, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 12 November 2012 14:56, Charles Matthews > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 12 November 2012 13:54, Thomas Morton <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > >> We won't win a moral argument; they are breaking the social contract > of > > a > > >> website. We regularly defame people. > > > > > > > > http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/report-usmanov-pr-firm-tweaked-wikipedia-entry/471315.html > > > is interesting to read in this context. The moral side of whitewashing > > > a biography ahead of a stock market flotation is fairly elusive. > > > > > > Indeed. I urge Thomas to go grab a copy of the Times today. If only > > articles this well-written concerning Wikipedia were more likely to be > > read by the people on the Internet who would be most interested in > > them ... > > > > > > - d. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
