[WikiEN-l] Re: Corrected (Wollmann)

Thu May 12 17:53:59 UTC 2005

It seems that several people have looked at his demands and found them 
groundless.  People who make irrational demands will never be influenced 
by rational responses.

Most legal threats are nothing more than crude attempts at 
intimidation.  They can be considered a criminal act in some places.  
Nevertheless, it often works because so many people are absolutely 
paranoid about ending up in court.  They put themselves at a 
disadvantage because they assume that they will be found guilty of 
something, even when in a civil case it has nothing to do with guilt or 
innocence. 

If Mr. Wollmann thinks that he has a case let him go ahead with it, and 
show us that he means more than simply to intimidate.  We can easily 
promise that when we receive the court documents in the case we will 
reconsider our position in the matter.  This may or may not result in a 
removal of what he finds offensive from the site.  Meanwhile it will 
have been very costly for him to mount his case with no prospects of 
recovering those costs.

Ec

Anthere wrote:

> Just for the record, Mr Wollmann is still requesting removal of that 
> information. I am not exactly sure what we should answer him now...
>
> Ant
>
> Bryan Derksen a écrit:
>
>> Poor, Edmund W wrote:
>>
>>> Is it crucial to Wikipedia's integrity that we INCLUDE a mention of the
>>> fact that some anonymous troublemakers have branded a non-notable
>>> private citizen with a very annoying label?
>>
>> It seems to me based on what I've seen over the past week or two of 
>> this debate that Wollman is both notable and public.
>>
>> I think it is important ("crucial" may be overstating it) to 
>> Wikipedia's integrity that it doesn't remove notable, verifiable 
>> information about someone from articles solely based on the 
>> complaints and apparently groundless legal threats of that person. 
>