[WikiEN-l] Re: Corrected (Wollmann)

Tue May 10 20:04:07 UTC 2005

On Mr Wollmann

He has been repeatedly calling Terry on the matter of the kook 
reference, but also about some links in wikipedia. He is saying 
something about us linking to his copyrighted information. And he wants 
this link removed.

I had a look and realised there was initially an article under his name, 
where the problematic link probably was.

There is no legal ground related to us mentionning that a third party 
elected him a kook; so this issue is irrelevant.

As for the link issue, I think it was the ones in his article and he may 
not have noticed it is gone. I copied the content of the article for 
Terry and he will write him and reassure him.

If there is another link problematic somewhere, he is the one to mention 
where it is and which link is concerned.

Anthere

PS : just mentionning this in case there are further complains.

I also think, essentially, it is the english wikipedia editorial 
decision to keep or not, a kook nomination, a link, a page on a person. 
However, if the man decides to go further, it is the WMF business 
though... and currently, Terry receives phone calls on the topic.

Phil Boswell a écrit:
> <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:4cc603b0505051626226b944d at mail.gmail.com...
> 
>>On 5/5/05, Stan Shebs <shebs at apple.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I would say anybody who posts to Usenet automatically becomes
>>>a "public figure"; you can hardly spew your thoughts and opinions
>>>into a million computers around the world, then try to claim
>>>"privacy". If you want to be private, start by keeping your
>>>mouth shut, eh?
>>>
>>
>>It's an interesting point, whether sitting in your own home typing
>>material onto the Web should in and of itself make you a public
>>figure. I'm not aware of any relevant case law. Using your real name
>>would certainly make it harder to argue that you'd intended to retain
>>your privacy.
> 
> 
> So adding your full name, address and contact details to the end of each and 
> every post, as is Mr Wollmann's habit, would seem to fit this description: 
> this guy has been doing his darndest to *become* a public figure for years.