Well still the verification of identity really doesn't have anything to
do with "type a 50-word biography"
When I signed up for Knol, one thing they did was allow verification.
So one way to verify you was that you gave them a phone number and your
name as it was listed in the phone book. They check that it's really
there, they CALL you and give you a code. You have to type that code
back in.
So what that verifies is that whoever answered the phone at that number
was the same person who asked them to call that name and number (listed
in the phone book) in the first place. I'd call that *fairly good*
verification. Not perfect, but at least it pins the typist down to a
particular phone number and phone book listing.
At any rate, I don't see how a 50-word biography which could be
anything I choose to make up, would satisfy any kind of identify
verification. To be an *Editor* that ask that you submit a CV which I
suppose if you were so inclined you could check against some college
database or whatever.
BUT to be an Author they do not ask you to submit a CV. Just
apparently this mini-biography.
So the point is still the same. If they are using this to verify
something, that's not any sort of verification at all.
Will Johnson