On 3/8/07, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 3/8/07, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
A modest proposal: allow users to link to Wikipedia articles about themselves (an "identity link"). We may want to segregate off the
identity
articles (because of notability concerns), but we have excellent systems
in
place for verification and attribution for articles in the general
space.
Would we have any ownership of our own articles? I'd rather not have private details of my life up on a wiki page. My concern with your proposal is privacy, not notability. I realize the link would be optional, but an on/off switch is much more coarsely grained than the current system.
Also, verifiability seems too strong for this, because it means *anyone* can verify the details. Perhaps someone wants to state that they are a professor, but not give details of where they teach out to the world to be edited mercilessly. A private confidential verification might be acceptable, but not a public one.
I'm not saying this has to be done *instead* of other policies, though my personal opinion is that Wikipedia is best served if people are either anonymous & claims about their credentials are recognized to be caveat emptor or people are publicly identified.
I think it's generally a good idea that we eat our own dog food.