Sheldon Rampton wrote
Ed Poor wrote:
Wikipedia has grown so large that it is no longer possible to rely on so-called soft security.
I agree. Here's my solution:
(1) Require people to register, providing a verifiable email address that is not yahoo or hotmail, as a precondition for contributing. (Alternately, restrict the NUMBER of contributions that a non-registered individual can contribute within a 24-hour period.)
No, that's giving up the good fight.
(2) Unambiguously authorize sysops to take immediate, unilateral action against egregious abusers (with clear definitions of "egregious abuse").
I think this probably comes, as WP climbs from 1000th website on Alexa to 500th. Is it going to be based on case law and precedent? On an easily-formulated set of principles? On a directive from above that sysops try to enforce? On giving discretion to a super-sysop group? These anyway seem to be the _burning_ WikiDemocracy issues.
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Charles