--- Keith Old keithold@gmail.com wrote:
G'day folks,
Associated Press reports that Citizendium will launch this week.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2007-03-25-wikipedia-alternative_N.htm
Probably this has already been discussed here ad nauseum, but:
Prospective editors are supposed to use their real name, and provide proof that this is their real name. However, at the moment, http://www.citizendium.org/cfa.html says that providing the proof is optional.
In other words, anyone can sign up, claim their name is John Johnson from Wisconsin, submit a fake bio, and be an editor.
If actual proof is later required, just exactly what percentage of potential editors are going to fax in a copy of their driver's licence or some such thing? 1%? I surely wouldn't do that.
So, either: 1. anyone can edit, just like wikipedia, but having to first provide some bullshit data, or 2. Some sort of proof will be required, resulting in almost no editors.
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