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Washington - US Rep. Steve LaTourette seemed perfectly well behaved when he squired President Bush around Cleveland this week. But the Concord Township ...
Washington - U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette seemed perfectly well behaved when he squired President Bush around Cleveland this week. But the Concord Township Republican wasn't always so poised with the Secret Service, if his entry on the popular Wikipedia Web site is to be believed.
Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...7510.xml&coll=2
Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...7510.xml&coll=2
Oh crap, here we go again:
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The nonprofit Web site's counsel, Mike Godwin, said volunteer editors step in and make corrections when mistakes are uncovered. The site maintains it is not legally liable for false or defamatory postings because its material is provided by outsiders, Godwin said.
"The Wikipedia project is primarily a process in which the give and take of editors eventually arrive at something closer to the truth," said Godwin. "That is what we really aim for and we are proud of it."
"The Wikipedia project is primarily a process in which the give and take of editors eventually arrive at something closer to the truth," said Godwin. "That is what we really aim for and we are proud of it."
QUOTE(Daniel Brandt @ Sat 14th July 2007, 2:15pm) 
Oh crap, here we go again:
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The nonprofit Web site's counsel, Mike Godwin, said volunteer editors step in and make corrections when mistakes are uncovered. The site maintains it is not legally liable for false or defamatory postings because its material is provided by outsiders, Godwin said.
"The Wikipedia project is primarily a process in which the give and take of editors eventually arrive at something closer to the truth," said Godwin. "That is what we really aim for and we are proud of it."
Let's call it:
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Godwin's Asymptotically Not Exactly False (GANEF) Law
Jonny
QUOTE(Jonny Cache @ Sat 14th July 2007, 12:31pm)
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Godwin's Asymptotically Not Exactly False (GANEF) Law
In a Wikipedia article if a poster says you killed Kennedy the probability of our admitting you didn't kill Kennedy approaches one as you bear greater hardship, embarrassment and suffer greater intrusion into your privacy.
Good Enough for Sec 230.
---Amplified by GBG
Jonny
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