Steve Bennett wrote:
The self-ref rule in this case basically should be
interpreted as
"don't give that diff special authority just because it was made on
Wikipedia".[1] Would you have accepted a diff made on
pokemonwiki.com
by a user who seriously appeared to be her? (a serious question)
If I was as sure of the authenticity of the user as I am of Angela's
Meta account, then sure.
[1] Though I guess since she's a Wikipedia user,
perhaps there is a
special authority due to it being her "home ground" so to speak.
It also helps that since I and most of the other editors are already
familiar with the workings of Wikipedia and its prominent members we're
much more easily able to judge the likelihood that it's really her and
not someone spoofing her or hacking her account or something. If it were
pokemonwiki.com I'd have to spend a lot longer sleuthing around to be
sure things were on the level.