User talk:Maria Rohaly

I have repeatedly removed the assertion that Sakineh Ashtiani has been found guilty of murder; this is notfactual; it is libelous and in violation of Wikipedia guidelines, most especially with regard to biographies of living persons.

I have filed a complaint on with regard to these repeated attempts to add this false information. The following is the complaint.

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Maria Rohaly (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Someone continuously tampers with the article on Sakineh Ashtiani in a way that spreads libelous information about a living person who is in fact fighting an unjust execution sentence in Iran. Most specifically, someone continues to include text that says that Sakineh Ashtiani was convicted of murder. Ms. Ashtiani was never convicted of murder; she was exonerated on the charge of murdering her husband and in fact another person was convicted for that crime.

When the Islamic Republic faced opposition to Sakineh's stoning sentence for adultery, they sought then to convince the world that she was instead a murderer, so that they could hang her instead (which tends to meet less political resistance than stoning) for a crime on which basis other countries also execute people (murder). The continuous inclusion of Islamic Republic fabrications to smear the name of Sakineh Astiani is unacceptable in any case, not least in the situation where this woman is fighting for her life.

Sincerely,

Maria Rohaly Coordinator, Mission Free Iran http://missionfreeiran.org maria.rohaly@gmail.com . Maria Rohaly (talk) 18:11, 3 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's policy on perceived legal threats. In particular:

It is important to refrain from making comments that others may reasonably understand as legal threats, even if the comments are not intended in that fashion. For example, if you repeatedly assert that another editor's comments are "defamatory" or "libelous", that editor might interpret this as a threat to sue for defamation, even if this is not intended. To avoid this frequent misunderstanding, use less charged wording (such as "That statement about me is not true and I hope it will be corrected for the following reasons...") to avoid the perception that you are threatening legal action for defamation.

Violation of this policy may result in a block.

In addition Wikipedia has a policy regarding actual legal threads (i.e. not just perceived). Users who make legal threats will typically be blocked from editing indefinitely. Thanks 84.93.140.55 (talk) 05:46, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]