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mattie_p
on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:33PM
from the exhibit-a-is-the-entire-website dept.
from the exhibit-a-is-the-entire-website dept.
DeathMonkey writes:
"Dimitris Lioudis, a 23-year-old trainee lawyer from Athens, was sued for libel last year for writing about a Greek politician, Theodore Katsanevas. Last week, the judge overseeing the case issued an order that he remove the article from the site.
Say what you will about the Wiki, at least they know where their content comes from."
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(Score: 5, Informative) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:55PM
It was not obvious in the summary that he is being sued for things he put into Wikipedia.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 4, Informative) by Random2 on Wednesday February 19 2014, @10:01PM
Not to mention that the guy's trying to sue libel for an editor adding to wiki how he was called a 'family disgrace' in several international newspapers.
Have newspapers been sued for things like this before? Can one be sued for libel for publicly available information (made public before they repeated it)?
If only I registered 3 users earlier....
(Score: 3, Interesting) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday February 19 2014, @10:26PM
I suppose one can be sued for anything, no matter how stupid it is...
But, yeah, how can I be sued if I just quote another person. "Random2 said he thinks you are a jackass."
If you really said it, how can they get mad at me?
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 1) by Walzmyn on Wednesday February 19 2014, @10:38PM
Also on the subject of Vagueness, "Athens, Greece" would be better.
I live within driving distance of 3 cities named Athens. It was confusing.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:28PM
Good to know that it is so easy to confuse ... (googles all cities named "Athens") ... an American.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Maow on Thursday February 20 2014, @12:25AM
How about you assume that a three thousand four hundred year old metropolis, home to > 600,000 inside the city or > 3,000,000 including the region, is the default Athens unless "Athens, Butt Crack" or "Athens, Arm Pit", etc. are specified?
(Score: 1) by Walzmyn on Thursday February 20 2014, @01:58AM
Was only an example. I've seen this a bunch when they were referring to (hypothetical) Athens TN instead of the 3k year old one.
(Score: 1) by mrcoolbp on Thursday February 20 2014, @04:58AM
Maybe vagueness should be avoided, but they mention a Greek Politician later in the sentence. Seems pretty obvious.
(Score:1^½, Radical)
(Score: -1, Troll) by unimatrix on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:31PM
Hey, new site, same old problems with editors...well if this is any indication, I'd say the folks here are on their way towards creating a worthy successor to that other site that shall not be named!
(Score: 5, Informative) by mattie_p on Thursday February 20 2014, @12:18AM
Hey there! Editor here. I'd love to hear what problems you might have with the editors. I don't know if you heard, but we're kind of new at this. But we want to get better. If you have any constructive criticism, then feel free to post it. I do want to do a better job.
I suspect the reason you got modded down was because you weren't specific. After all, "knowing is half the battle!" I hope you continue reading. ~mattie_p
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 20 2014, @02:32AM
And would seem thanks to the modding I can no longer post comments as it appears as those with senses of humor didn't make the jump over here. Merely pointing out the fact that people complained about the editors at /. to the point where it was it's own meme there and it seems that tradition has already carried over. Guess I should have added old boss/new boss, something about cars, and all the rest...
(Score: 3, Informative) by mattie_p on Thursday February 20 2014, @02:49AM
I'm sorry about that. This bug was identified about a week ago (by me, as a matter of fact). Please hop on the IRC and we'll see if someone can't patch you up. Thanks for coming back and checking, though. http://irc.sylnt.us/ [sylnt.us] will get you in enough that we can help.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ancientt on Thursday February 20 2014, @02:40AM
I was impressed by your efforts to make a better site when the one you loved failed.
Your efforts to guide the development without crushing egos while still pushing toward a rapid release inspired me to care about this thing.
Your modesty is becoming.
This, an answer to what appears to be an obvious troll, with openness and a welcoming spirit makes me respect you.
Thank you. For this post and for the attitude it reflects and for all the work you've already done.
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