[Wikipedia-l] An idea

[Andy Rabagliati]

On Tue, 24 May 2005, Delirium wrote:

> Jimmy Wales wrote:
> 
> >We could do something similar, but also allow for the inclusion of
> >credentials.
> >
> This sounds intriguing, but when you say "a process to confirm their 
> credentials", do you mean we're actually going to verify them, e.g. by 
> requesting official copies of diplomas from university registrars, 
> copies of IDs so we know someone is who they claim they are, and so on?  

One of the things that works so well with wikipedia is scaleability.

You can suddenly have a million of them 'things.

We have to keep it scaleable.

I think - a slashdot model. ebay ?

Cheers,  Andy!