On 3/20/07, Bennett Haselton bennett@peacefire.org wrote:
for Citizendium vs. Wikipedia and how they pertain to the Essjay controversy. It's not so much about Essjay as about the more general merits of anonymous / unmoderated edits, versus identity verification and change moderation, and how Essjay illustrated a flaw in one approach.
Isn't a credentialist approach much more vulnerable to Essjay style credential fraud? He may have faked his bio, but according to Wikipedia policy, it was not relevant.