[WikiEN-l] David Hager is listed as convicted rapist

Jimmy Wales jwales at wikia.com
Wed Dec 7 15:40:55 UTC 2005


Ray Saintonge wrote:
> Anthony DiPierro wrote:
>> If the person is dead, they certainly can't sue us for libel (of
>> course, they can't sue *us* for libel anyway, only the person who
>> actually added the libelous statement).
>>
> That's a poor criterion for justifying our actions.  It may be legally
> correct, but ethically it sucks.

Agreed.  Our core passion is to *get it right*.

--Jimbo




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