On 9/27/05, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com> wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
> I can see the place of anonymity on Wikinews, for
example - reporting
> about something you don't want your name linked to as yet. But I
> really cannot see that a case has been made for Tor-level anonymity if
> the mission statement is "We're here to write an encyclopedia." Even
> for regular open proxy anonymity.
You have a point, but I like to think of people in
mainland China being
able to edit [[Falun Gong]] without feeling a cloud of worry. Even NPOV
editing might be misconstrued by some authority somewhere, and people
have kids, jobs, families, and might prefer to just stay away rather
than take a risk.
Yeah. I'll see if I can gather actual data, not just an impression.
- d.