[WikiEN-l] Larry Sanger weighs in on the Essjay incident

[Bartning at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/1/2007 9:58:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
macgyvermagic at gmail.com writes:

Yeah,  sad people have to get bashed.
This has nothing to do with fraud, he didn't  try to get a teaching position
with his "invented persona". Apparently  people think his contributions are
worth less if he's not a professor,  which is utter nonsense.

Mgm



It's not that his contributions are less, it's that he knows less about the  
subject than an expert, hence authority.  Granted, if someone points a  loaded 
gun at you, it's not authority, but neither is a rape gang or a  riot.  When 
is Wikipedia going to read the Riot Act?!?
 
Vincent Bartning
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