On 3/1/07, Stan Shebs stanshebs@earthlink.net wrote:
Why *does* it matter whether a pseudonym's user page says untrue things? It's intrinsically unverifiable, after all.
My hypothesis is that it depends on whether the information influences other people in course of our work. Even though we're supposedly all about the content and not who adds it, we still factor in what we think we know about the editor.
Let's take 'em at their word, then, "I've been pretty upfront about using disinformation"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Essjay/Archives/52#Profiles_don.27t_mesh ...