Thank you, Mr. Justice.
Antonio V is charged with "maliciously editing the AtlasWiki to remove legitimate content or create off-topic pages".
Of course, Antonio
did edit the party color of the Populares - several times. That much is true. However, I do not believe Antonio is guilty of the central tenet of the charge - "
maliciously editing".
It is perfectly clear from the evidence - on, for example,
Libertas' talk page - that Antonio believed himself to be acting in good faith, attempting to improve the usability of the wiki for all, not out of some strange spite for the Populares party.
The defendant simply attempted to slightly change the color associated with the Populares in order to avoid confusion with an older party who shared that same color. Was this misguided? Certainly, but it
was in good faith, and, thus, not malicious.
I'd also note that the Constitution makes no mention of official party colors, so the definition of such as "legitimate content", rather than a convenient way of distinguishing the parties on a map, is questionable.
In short, Antonio made a misguided decision, but not a malicious one. He is not guilty of this alleged crime.
