Dare I ask what the Gomery Inquiry is? Or would people risk prosecution for answering that question? :-) Cheers, David... -----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of slimvirgin(a)gmail.com Sent: Thursday, 7 April 2005 1:46 PM To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Gomery Inquiry Interesting. It's difficult to use an anonymous person posting to a blog as a source, though. The judge is due to decide tomorrow whether to lift the ban, so we don't have long to wait. It's an interesting question as to whether a Canadian Wikipedian could simply plead ignorance of the bans and repeat the blogger's information. Journalists aren't allowed to plead ignorance, even in cases where the ban has itself been part of a sealed record and therefore hard to obtain information about, journalists are nevertheless expected to make inquiries to find out whether there's a ban, and can be prosecuted for breaching it even when they say they didn't know about it. In reality, they usually do know because they know media law and can predict which types of cases are likely to attract which types of bans. But whether a court would extend the ignorance-is-no-defense principle to a Wikipedia editor, who may not be so familar with media law and who doesn't have such easy access to court records, would make an interesting test case. If you're volunteering, Andy ... I've heard that Canadian jails are very civilized. ;-) Sarah On Apr 6, 2005 9:25 PM, AndyL <andyl2004(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: been various wrote: in This may refer Gomery _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Perception. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Perception accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.