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From: Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org>
To: WJhonson(a)aol.com; English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 6:19 pm
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Citizendium
But not everyone is unwilling to write 50 words about themselves in
order to join Citizendium. I did it (
http://tinyurl.com/cjo5hc),
though I no longer contribute due to other concerns (the main concern
being one that Wikipedia will soon be no better with regard to - lack
of respect for copyright).
By the way, to answer your question "what's the point of that", the
point is to create a project where people contribute under their real
names and identities.
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On the first part, the page does not state that you must do this *in
order* to join, it merely asks you to do this. Many sites ask you to
describe yourself. This is the first one I've encountered, out of many
programs I've joined, that tries to *compel* you to do so, and if you
don't you can't join. That's quite different. If Citizendium wants to
compel people to describe themselves, they should state it clearly on
the page that if you don't, they will reject you. But they don't state
that.
On your second point, the biography has nothing to do with your real
name. The real name field is another separate field, not within the
biographical detail box.
Will Johnson