On 31/08/2009, Erik Moeller <erik(a)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?
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Erik Möller
Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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-Ian Woollard
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