The one actual example of true harm done to WP by false credentials was not accomplished by technology. but by what is euphemistically termed social engineering: fraud on one side, credulity on the other. DGG
On 6/18/07, Phil Boswell phil.boswell@gmail.com wrote:
Slim Virgin wrote:
The concern with CW was in part the use of proxies, in part the low level of content contribution, and in part his/her unwillingness to explain, even by e-mail, why s/he was using open proxies. It's this last point that has attracted a lot of the opposition on the RfA. All in all, it added up to a worrying picture.
Maybe if that concern had been voiced at an earlier stage, before CW arrived at RFA, the appearance of "putting the boot in" could have been avoided.
I note that I still have no answer as to why, if so many CheckUser people were already aware that CW was appearing on the list of people using Open Proxies, nobody had seen fit to quietly inquire as to what was going on.
True enough, CW had still not answered when I last checked, but maybe this is natural given the tone and venue of the question... -- Phil -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/the-elephant-in-the-room-tf3936475.html#a11170905 Sent from the English Wikipedia mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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