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{{Short description|Misplaced Pages policy with legal considerations}}
⚫ The goal of ] is to create an ] information source adhering to a ] style of prose, with all information being ]d through the ] of reliable ] ], so as to maintain a standard of ].
{{legal policy|WP:LIBEL|WP:LBL|text=This page is also a ] policy, established by ] and endorsed by the Foundation as necessary for the operation of the sites under its jurisdiction.}}
⚫ {{nutshell|Delete ] material when it has been identified.}}
{{Wiktionary|libel}}
{{legal policy list}}
⚫ The goal of ] is to create an ] information source adhering to a ], with ]d information through the ] of ], so as to maintain a standard of ].<ref name="Wales_2006-05-16_WikiEN-l" /> {{Better source needed|reason=The email ends with "This is not a policy statement, just a statement of attitude and frustration"|date=November 2024}}


For this reason, all contributors should recognize that it is '''their responsibility''' to ensure that material posted on ] is not ]. It is the responsibility of all contributors to ensure that the material posted on ] is not ].


It is a ] to immediately delete ] material when it has been identified. Page revisions containing libelous content should also be ]. Libelous material (otherwise known as defamation) is reasonably likely to damage a person or company's reputation and could expose Misplaced Pages to legal consequences.
⚫ It is Misplaced Pages ] to delete ]lous material when it has been identified.


==Contact instructions for subjects of libel==
==Subject guidelines==
If you believe that you are the subject of a libellous statement on Misplaced Pages, please: If you believe that you are the subject of a libelous statement on Misplaced Pages, please:
* '''''' us with details of the article and error. * '''Send an E-mail to info-en-q@wikipedia.org''' with details of the article and situation.


==See also== ==See also==
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==References==
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<ref name="Wales_2006-05-16_WikiEN-l">{{cite web
| url = http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-May/046440.html
| title = Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information
| last = Wales
| first = Jimmy
| authorlink = Jimmy Wales
| work = lists.wikimedia.org
| publisher = WikiEN-l
| date = 2006-05-16
| accessdate = 2019-07-17
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110406110126/http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-May/046440.html
| archivedate = 2011-04-06
| url-status = live
| quote = It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced. This is true of all information, but it is particularly true of negative information about living persons...This is not a policy statement, just a statement of attitude and frustration.
}}</ref>

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==External links== ==External links==
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* (2004)—Information from the ] for contributors to its defunct community website, ''Action Network'', based on the English law of libel, which differs considerably from U.S. law. * (2004)—Information from the ] for contributors to its defunct community website, ''Action Network'', based on the English law of libel (which differs considerably from U.S. law).
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Misplaced Pages policy with legal considerations
This page documents a Misplaced Pages policy with legal considerations. This page is also a Wikimedia Foundation policy, established by Jimmy Wales and endorsed by the Foundation as necessary for the operation of the sites under its jurisdiction.Shortcuts
This page in a nutshell: Delete libelous material when it has been identified.
Legal policies

The goal of Misplaced Pages is to create an encyclopedic information source adhering to a neutral point of view, with referenced information through the citation of reliable published sources, so as to maintain a standard of verifiability.

It is the responsibility of all contributors to ensure that the material posted on Misplaced Pages is not defamatory.

It is a Misplaced Pages policy to immediately delete libelous material when it has been identified. Page revisions containing libelous content should also be removed from the page history. Libelous material (otherwise known as defamation) is reasonably likely to damage a person or company's reputation and could expose Misplaced Pages to legal consequences.

Contact instructions for subjects of libel

If you believe that you are the subject of a libelous statement on Misplaced Pages, please:

  • Send an E-mail to info-en-q@wikipedia.org with details of the article and situation.

See also

Policies

Other related pages

References

  1. Wales, Jimmy (2006-05-16). " Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information". lists.wikimedia.org. WikiEN-l. Archived from the original on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2019-07-17. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced. This is true of all information, but it is particularly true of negative information about living persons...This is not a policy statement, just a statement of attitude and frustration.

External links

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