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Krinsky v. Doe 6

 * ... that an anonymous poster on Yahoo message board successfully quashed a subpoena to reveal his identity by claiming a First Amendment right to anonymous speech?
 * Comment: This court case may be relevant for people who wonder if it is possible to stay anonymous even after being identified as part of a court case.

Created/expanded by Justinesherry (talk). Nominated by Stromhylden (talk) at 19:39, 5 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Seems to me, at a read-through, that this could maybe do with some more sources if possible. I'd be very surprised if this wasn't covered in some manner in the newspapers—The New York Times has a good online archive which might provide a good place to start. It seems solidly-enough written, just some things could do with further support from third-party sources where possible, and headings such as "Initial ruling" aren't cited at all. Larger newspapers, Google News, or even a search through Google Books for instances of the case outside of court transcripts, would all be good ways to expand on the slim sourcing here. On a trivial note, though, I was pretty surprised to see that this happened in 2008, it just smacked of that whole late-90s internet boom at first for some reason (possibly because it makes Yahoo still seem relevant). GRAPPLE   X  04:51, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * NB: The hook, by the way, is grand. GRAPPLE   X  04:52, 11 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the feedback. I went in and added some news article references, and fixed the missing ref you mentioned. Is this sufficient? Or, if not, can you give me some pointers/guidelines on providing extra background references beyond the primary sources that I can take a look at? Thanks! Justinesherry (talk) 01:13, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Looks better now, good enough to sign off on. I'd stick a link to First Amendment to the United States Constitution in the hook, though. Other than that we're good to go. GRAPPLE   X  01:26, 16 March 2012 (UTC)