[WikiEN-l] The problem with flagging things with {{office}}

Fri Apr 21 07:53:59 UTC 2006

James D. Forrester wrote:

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>Using the {{office}} template to tag problem content is a nice idea,
>but, I would imagine, has a rather serious drawback: Wikitruth.info
>(amongst other 'helpful' critics) seems to have a sysop working for
>them. Were we to flag an article that was libellous with {{office}}, you
>can bet that they would go and dig out the deleted sections, and repost
>it to their wonderful service. Now Wikimedia has been informed that they
>are likely to be sued, and in response has done something knowing that
>it would increase the publication and spread of this libel. - we're then
>liable for their reposting of the content, and "utterly screwed". I
>know, I know, "that's not what was intended". Well, tough, that's the
>way the Real World(tm) works.
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Do you have legal references to support this, or are you just guessing?

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