Template:Did you know nominations/Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox

Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox

 * ... that in Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox it was held that an internet blogger was not a member of the media?
 * Reviewed: Exempt from review requirement; I've only done two previous DYKs (and this isn't a selfnom.)

Created/expanded by Xxiao ucb (talk). Nominated by Kgorman-ucb (talk) at 21:37, 2 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New, long enough, generally seems to follow guidelines (I found one trivial problem - a link to a redirect) and is inline-cited, the hook fact is well-sourced. The only problem is the passive voice - see WP:WEASEL - in the hook. The passive voice also means that the reader has to guess which English-speaking country this is about - this encyclopedia is not the unitedstates.wikipedia.org :). Also, some newbies may not know what a blog is; a blog that is on the internet but not on the world wide web might better be called e.g. a private mailing list or a usenet rant on a usenet group that allows "personal" rants; and "internet blogger" doesn't seem to distinguish internet bloggers from non-internet bloggers (graffiti artists? singers who blog with sound waves? poets?) Anyway, with ALT1, this is good to go by me. Boud (talk) 23:08, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


 * ALT1: ... that in Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox a court in Oregon, United States held that a blogger was not a member of the media?