Andrew Gray wrote:
On 13/05/07, Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
plenty of people that have gotten in trouble for
lying about where they
went to school, and a -ton- of people that lie about their age.)
The single most common specific OTRS complaint is "please correct my
date of birth"... I can't offhand think of any who've asked us to
correct which university they went to - at least, none where it might
have been wishful puffery. (There have been a couple who wanted us to
fix that we had them down as attending a prestigious university they
didn't, but I don't remember any the other way around)
That actually illustrates the issue very well, though. If someone
contacts you saying "Hey, correct my article, I have a PhD from
Harvard!" do you just go make the edit, or do you request independent
verification?