On 12/16/05, BCorr@neaction.org BCorr@neaction.org wrote:
THE VENERABLE NEWSMAN John Seigenthaler had it about right when he explained last weekend why he decided not to take legal action against a rogue Internet user who had posted defamatory -- and false -- claims about him in the popular open-source research tool, Wikipedia. ''I still believe in free expression," Seigenthaler said. ''What I want is accountability."
He wants accountability, but he doesn't want Chase to be held accountable. I must be missing something.
One step in the right direction is Wikipedia's decision to require all of its contributors to register with the site. Another would be to give better play to ''editors" who are willing to sign their work.
If Chase was logged in, his identity would have probably never been discovered.
Anthony