Even if it were not automatic, it would be worth absolutely zilch by itself.
Accreditation is by definition a somewhat exclusive and elitist activity. It is not compatible with the ideals that "anyone can be a reporter" or "anyone can be an editor." If "anyone can be accredited" then such accreditation becomes as meaningful as a mail-order PhD.
FF
On 11/1/05, Peter Mackay peter.mackay@bigpond.com wrote:
From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Timwi
I still maintain that press-badge-generating bureaucracy will be easier to penetrate with Wikinews as an excews - er, excuse :-) - than Wikipedia.
You are correct, but who will issue the Wikicredentials to show p-b-g bureaucrats? If it is automatic ("This is to introduce HindBrain, a certified Wikireporter since [[2 November]] [[2005]]") then anyone with access to the web can get credentialled and hang out in the press pavillion noshing on the caviar that is customarily served to reptiles of the press. It will turn into a rort.
Peter (Skyring)
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