On 06/03/07, Andrew Cady andrew.cady@gmail.com wrote:
I find it disturbing that so many here accept this characterization of the falsified credentials.
You shouldn't be surprised though. If it was known who everyone was on Wikipedia, there are people involved now that you wouldn't let near it with a ten-foot barge pole.
Without disrespect to the well-educated, mature and balanced members of Wikipedia, there are undoubtedly many here who not only have difficulty deciding what is acceptable, but are not suitable people to do anything bar contribute trivia to Wikipedia. And even then you'd not be sure that it was accurate trivia (I'm sure the even Pokémon article editors have to deal with ignorant people mucking up even those articles with inaccurate and false details).
There's no way our Adminning procedure can discern whether someone is suitable for helping the smooth running of the project either. All it can do is discount those who have already shown themselves up on Wikipedia, or else have stepped on people's toes too much. Even then, if they are familiar enough with existing editors and admins...
People have just got a bit too carried away with the potential of wikis for an attempt to collect together information on everything. Wikipedia is useful, but it isn't magically going to work out.
Zoney