It certainly happens. http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/in-a-web-of-lies-the-newspaper-must-live.premium-1.469273
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard&oldid=522638898#Muna_AbuSulayman The rest depends on how you define "often". How "often" is okay? Andreas On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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" <morton.tho...@googlemail.com> > 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 <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 12 November 2012 14:56, Charles Matthews > > > <charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > On 12 November 2012 13:54, Thomas Morton < > morton.tho...@googlemail.com > > > > > > 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 > > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
