Liourdis, who writes on Greek Wikipedia as “Diu,” faces monetary and criminal penalties over the article he edited. The article mentions that Katsanevas was called a “family disgrace” in the will of his father-in-law, former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. In the will, Papandreou also accused Katsanevas of trying to exploit his name to further his political ambitions.

The Wikimedia Foundation is defending the case. If this case goes the wrong way, it will set a precedent that may have a long term chilling effect on Wikipedia and on publicly consumable writing, in general.