--- ikiroid <ikiroid(a)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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