[WikiEN-l] "How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit", _The Atlantic_

[Charles Matthews]

On 17 May 2012 20:37, Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Charles Matthews <
> charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17 May 2012 17:32, Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > That conclusion would be far more convincing if you weren't who you are.
>>
>> That's [[ad hominem]] against Carcharoth, and you really need either
>> to withdraw it, or back it up. The former option is much preferable.
>>
>> Charles
>>
>
> That reaction certainly comes as a surprise.  Why would you construe an
> attack or a fallacy?
>
> In any meaningful experiment the researcher attempts to reduce the
> variables to a single factor.  Surely you'll agree that an established
> registered editor's contributions might encounter a different degree of
> scrutiny from an unregistered IP's edits.  Carcharoth himself concedes the
> possibility.  What need could there be to apologize for agreeing?

Thank you for the clarification.

Charles