I cannot understand. My post was deleted yet I never mentioned a name!
How can I be sued for mentioning no one?
Look at the thread title and then consider what you posted
Doesn't matter WP. My reference could have been to anybody in out team. Many players are discussed on posts that have nothing to do with them. To have legal proceedings against you the plaintiff must prove that you were discussing him beyond any reasonable doubt. I am pretty sure about that!
In civil cases which defamation cases are it is Burden of Proof that needs to be proven but I digrese
The legal advice we have received over the years is very clear and because of that we take no chances even when things fall into the "grey area" and we make no apologies for it . And yes after what happened in January we are more cautious than ever for good reason
The fact is you posted an unfounded rumour (which we've asked numerous times for people not to do, hence why they get removed) about a player in a thread that has a players name as its title. Our legal advice has been and continues to be in civil cases there are a number of tests that are applied re defamation. One of those tests is what would a reasonable person think? Apply that to what you posted and hopefully it is clear as to ONE of the reasons your post was removed.
But at the end of the day the main fundamental reason your post was removed was simply you posted an unproven rumour