I must agree with Asaf here. Fwiw, this isn't a defamatory and I think legal action should be restricted to serious issues.
Regards, Isaac. On Sep 26, 2017 7:09 PM, "Asaf Bartov" <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi, Krishna. > > First of all, this isn't "defamation", which is a precise legal term, that > is best not bandied about too lightly. > > Secondly, Wikipedia is mentioned often in popular media these days, not > always in a very factual manner. It is hard to imagine such casual > mentions have any significant impact on the Wikipedia brand. It is > precisely Wikipedia's ubiquity in Internet-connected people's lives that > makes it possible to refer to it in such ways. > > Thirdly, legal action is always expensive and sometimes risky. It follows > that we need a very good reason to undertake the expense and (sometimes) > risk. This does not look like an important thing to spend our resources > on. > > Cheers, > > Asaf > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 7:05 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < > kcvel...@wikimedia.in> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > Introducing myself, I am Krishna Chaitanya Velaga from Andhra Pradesh, > > India. My user name is "Krishna Chaitanya Velaga", I've been actively > > contributing to en Wikipedia and Commons since December 2014. I also form > > the Executive Committee of Wikimedia Chapter (India). My mother tongue is > > Telugu (te). > > > > A Telugu movie titled Paisa Vasool > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisa_Vasool_(2017_film)> was released > on 1 > > September 2017. In the movie, male lead boasts himself by referring to > > Wikipedia. His statement in the movie is as follows: *"36 brawls, 24 > > murders, 36 stabbings, This is visible record in Wikipedia" *(The same > may > > be observed from the trailer of the movie, between 0:22 to 0:32 at > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVUZ-jG_i3c). As far I am concerned I > feel > > this as serious defamation of the brand, the community and the work we > do. > > It really degrades the reality and the efforts we put to produce > > encyclopedic content to the readers. > > > > In this context, I request the community to take interest in their to > voice > > their opinions, and also discuss any legal action to be enforced. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > [image: photo] > > *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga* > > Member | Executive Committee > > <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Executive_Committee_Members> > > Wikimedia Chapter (India) <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/> > > +91 94948 65420 <+91%2094948%2065420> | kcvelaga.blogspot.in > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
