--- ikiroid ikiroid@gmail.com wrote:
I'm wondering the value of presenting one's identity vs. using a pseudonym. Sites such as meatball advocate the use of true names, but Essjay did have a point in one of his observations that using a real name can leave an editor more vulnerable. Does anyone believe wikipedia should lean more towards one of the two sides?
Requring people to use their real names, as Citizendium is trying to do, would be a terrible idea, and a monumental failure as a policy, as Citizendium is about to find out.
A huge percentage of editors would leave, or would never sign up in the first place, and of those who do give their name, a sizable percentage would be fake.
Our policy should be that people who want to give their real name should be free to do so.
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