On 3/5/07, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 3/5/07, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
The point is to make sure that people are being honest with us and with the general public.
I would modify the proposal: You only need to verify the credentials if you're in a position of trust (adminship or higher).
There are two parts to the suggestion: 1) marking some statements with a "verified credentials" tag, and 2) a "policy of gentle (or firm) discouragement for people to make claims like those that EssJay made, unless they are willing to back them up".
So is your modification that part 1 would be available to everyone, but part 2 would be only necessary for admins?
This could be seen to some extent as an extension of policy that is already in place. Recently a user came to the unblock list because she was blocked for using the name of a college professor. She was given the choice to verify that she was indeed that college professor, or to create an account under a different username.
Anthony