Fred writes:
One way might be to (with their consent) make a
collect
phone call to them at the number they provide and delivery of mail with signature confirmation to the address they provide as well as reply to an email to the address they provide.
This would be for a full account with all
privileges.
Wow. This is very nearly the last thing I'd want to happen to wikipedia. In fact, I'd rather see Jimbo decide to close the site altogether.
kq
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Besides the fact that it would probably be a full-time job, what user wants to sit around waiting for a phone call before they can actually use a site, and how many would pay for the privelege? Zoe
koyaanis qatsi obchodnakorze@yahoo.com wrote:Fred writes:
One way might be to (with their consent) make a
collect
phone call to them at the number they provide and delivery of mail with signature confirmation to the address they provide as well as reply to an email to the address they provide.
This would be for a full account with all
privileges.
Wow. This is very nearly the last thing I'd want to happen to wikipedia. In fact, I'd rather see Jimbo decide to close the site altogether.
kq
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koyaanis qatsi wrote:
Wow. This is very nearly the last thing I'd want to happen to wikipedia. In fact, I'd rather see Jimbo decide to close the site altogether.
Don't worry, it won't happen. The last thing I need is to be calling up every crank in the world to see if they are real people.
I think a useful analogy can be made to gun control. Adding barriers to entry will discourage most normal people, but will only discourage some of the cranks, who tend to be highly motivated. So rather than regulations actually helping the problem, they just make it worse.
--Jimbo
I don't agree with that analogy or even the original content of your message. It would be very hard for someone to get around it, and it would prevent most cranks. But it would be very dammaging to both the values and user base of Wikipedia. (furthermore, I think the gun problem was small, but exagerated by the media, which makes people think that it won't be that weird if I shoot someone, so they feel less held back, and then the media overreports it again. It's a vicious cycle.)
Jimmy Wales jwales@bomis.com wrote:Don't worry, it won't happen. The last thing I need is to be calling up every crank in the world to see if they are real people.
I think a useful analogy can be made to gun control. Adding barriers to entry will discourage most normal people, but will only discourage some of the cranks, who tend to be highly motivated. So rather than regulations actually helping the problem, they just make it worse.
--Jimbo
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