Hi Tinu: Thanks for posting this - yes, legal counsel and a risk assessment is something we are actively looking at doing - a question, would the community know if this has ever happened or threatened to happen earlier or is this the first example?
Thank you. Best, Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 26 February 2011 08:44, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com>wrote: > Here you go ! The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India ! > > To set the context to those who were not reading the thread of > WikimediaIndia facebook page, > > Basavaraj Itnal [1] is a senior journalist from Bangalore. He is in > a campaign against an alleged land-grabbing and scam by a popular mall owner > in Bangalore. He did write articles on this in the publications he is > associated with. He even added information earlier to Wikipedia article of > Garuda Mall [2] and apparently was blocked once ( by an Indian admin with a > pseudo name ? ) . > He also attended one of the Bangalore Wiki-meetups recently. After that he > shifted to focus to fight his POV to Wikimedia India Facebook recently. [3] > and also pushing it on the article [4] . Of late he is threatening to sue > Wikipedia and Wikimedia admins. Knowing his aggressiveness, i don't think he > can be taken lightly. > > I am not sure whether he is intending to sue against the Wikimedia > Foundation, ( office in India ) or India chapter or individuals from India > who are admins ( OMG, that includes me :) ) > > Time for a legal contact in India ? > > Thoughts? > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > > P.S.I couldn't find the contact mail id of Geoffrey Brigham, the new legal > counsel of the Foundation. > > [1] http://twitter.com/#!/basavarajitnal > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/basavaraj-itnal/23/a9b/4b9 > http://www.facebook.com/people/Basavaraj-Itnal/100000540087375 > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda_Mall > [3] http://www.facebook.com/WikimediaIndia?sk=wall&filter=12 > [4] > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garuda_Mall&action=historysubmit&diff=410530901&oldid=410529958 > > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Facebook < > update+mh17p...@facebookmail.com> wrote: > >> >> facebook<http://www.facebook.com/n/?WikimediaIndia%2Fposts%2F184893818213619&mid=3d1f826G29075287G520915G37&bcode=Qp9JF&n_m=tinucherian%40gmail.com> >> Hi Cherian, >> Basavaraj Itnal commented on WikimediaIndia's wall post. >> Basavaraj wrote: "anyways, while i respect what you guys are doing, i am >> actively looking for a legal recourse to make wiki admins accountable and >> available to legal action. as for Garuda issue is concerned after doubting >> the veracity of my documents without verifying them and without again cross >> checking with the govt, they just made a small correction saying Garuda Mall >> land is owned by bruhat bengaluru mahanagar palike. :)" >> >> See the comment >> thread<http://www.facebook.com/n/?WikimediaIndia%2Fposts%2F184893818213619&mid=3d1f826G29075287G520915G37&bcode=Qp9JF&n_m=tinucherian%40gmail.com> >> Reply to this email to comment on this post. >> Thanks, >> The Facebook Team >> See >> Comment<http://www.facebook.com/n/?WikimediaIndia%2Fposts%2F184893818213619&mid=3d1f826G29075287G520915G37&bcode=Qp9JF&n_m=tinucherian%40gmail.com> >> The >> message was sent to tinucher...@gmail.com. If you don't want to receive >> these emails from Facebook in the future, you can >> unsubscribe<http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=4dddaf&u=688345735&mid=3d1f826G29075287G520915G37>. >> >> Facebook, Inc. P.O. Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303 >> > >
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