On 31/08/2009, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
The trust coloring is clearly the most controversial part of the technology. However, it's also integral to it, and we think it could be valuable. If we do integrate it, it would likely be initially as a user preference. (And of course no view of the article would have it toggled on by default.) There may also be additional community consultation required.
If I understand this correctly, wouldn't trust coloring inevitably mark all new users and anonymous IPs as untrustworthy?
So, basically, wouldn't trust coloring be a way of failing to assume good faith for all anonymous IPs and new users, and institutionalising this in the software?
-- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation