Wikipedia Class Action :: Lawsuit [www.wikipediaclassaction.org]:
There is a problem with the operation and functionality of Wikipedia. The basic problem is that none of the Trustees of Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., nor any of the volunteers who are connected with Wikipedia, consider themselves responsible and therefore accountable for the content.
They believe themselves to be above the law.
WikipediaClassAction.org is currently gathering complaints from the entire Internet community, including individuals, corporations, partnerships, etc., who believe that they have been defamed and or who have been or are the subject of anonymous and malicious postings to the popular online encyclopedia WikiPedia.
Alternatively, if you are aware of postings on Wikipedia that are either untrue and or potentially libellous to another, please contact them and make them aware of the offending content and this website so that they may file a complaint with our group.
Our intention and the purpose of this website is multi-fold. Specifically, we seek to achieve the following:
- Expose the inherent faults and flaws of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia
- Force Wikimedia Foundation Inc., through legal action, to change its current practices that permit anyone to post content to their website, without formal attribution and without recourse back to Wikimedia Foundation and or the author of the content
- Recover substantial monetary damages, on behalf of those who have suffered as a direct result of Wikimedia’s flawed business model
- Establish a precedent that will ensure similar websites are held responsible for their content
I am wary of any legal proceeding that claims “anguish” as part of its justification. While I sympathize with John Seigenthaler I have to wonder why one guy takes issue with any automated indexing system, other than the fact that he makes his living as an indexer himself.
Rather than work with these services to address the issues (if they have any basis), some would rather tear them down.