User:Geofferybard/Toward a definition of wiki Vandalism
DISCLAIMER
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This essay is not intended as policy. It will be parsed to comply with all applicable policies which may be applicable. I gratefully acknowledge those wikipedians who have developed the basics upon which this essay is based. Bard गीता 23:01, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Wikilawyering is not a bad word
[edit]"Wikilawyering" carries a bad connotation, and that is POV and unfortunate. Lawyers created the United States of America, they implemented the Magna Carta and the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
Wiki vandalism must be intentional or it is not vandalism
[edit]What is and is not "malice"
[edit]Malice is defined as "A predetermination to commit an act without legal justification or excuse." Thus, the motive may not necessarily conform to the stereotype of an angry person who is malicious in the ordinary sense of the term. At law, one is considered to act with malice if they disregard the law, intentionally, even if they are full of good intentions. For instance, if they commit an act of treason and espionage because they are full of love for an alien enemy nation. In such instances, the emotional state may not be malice in the psychological sense, but something quite apart from it and resembling patriotic devotion, in a twisted sense. Nevertheless, in the legal sense the person is acting out of malice.