London
(ANI):
Wikipedia
has
locked
the
page
on
director
Roman
Polanski
who
has
been
detained
for
an
unlawful
sex
case.
Editors
of
the
online
encyclopaedia
are
divided
on
whether
his
success
as
a
film-maker
should
be
emphasized
on
the
page
or
his
arrest
over
unlawful
sexual
intercourse
with
a
minor.
"The
fact
that
he
is
a
rapist
ought
to
be
the
very
first
thing
that
the
reader
sees
in
the
article," the
Telegraph
quoted
a
Wikipedia
editor
as
stating
in
a
forum
linked
to
the
Polanski
page.
It
added:
"I
don''t
care
if
every
one
of
his
films
won
him
an
Oscar."
However,
another
editor
argued:
"Polanski
is
first
and
foremost
notable
for
his
work
as
film
director,"
adding
that
without
those
accomplishments
he
"wouldn't
even
be
in
the
news".
Also,
another
professional
was
of
the
opinion
to
combine
film
work
and
sex
crime
in
a
compromise
lead
along
the
lines
of
"Polanski
is
a
Polish-French
film
director,
producer,
writer,
actor
and
convicted
child
molester."
Polanski
had
pleaded
guilty
in
1978
to
having
unlawful
sexual
intercourse
with
13-year-old
Samantha
Geimer
in
America,
but
had
later
fled
to
a
different
country.