Erik Moeller wrote:
On 3/5/07, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
There are two parts to the suggestion: 1) marking some statements with a "verified credentials" tag, and 2) a "policy of gentle (or firm) discouragement for people to make claims like those that EssJay made, unless they are willing to back them up".
I'm cross-posting this to wikipedia-l and foundation-l, because it may very well become a Foundation-level issue at some point.
I would support the following:
- Any user can ask for his or her professional credentials to be verified.
In principle this makes sense; but limiting to verifiable bits is going to make it a short list - degree X, licensed Y, employed by company Z between dates W. How do you verify a carpenter, or "freelance consultant", aka euphemism for being unemployed? :-)
Stan