Traroth wrote:
Well... Why not ? Are you people OK with testimonies
like "I was there when US army shooted on Hotel
Palestine in Bagdad" or "I was in the jails of Abu
Graib" ?
I think this sort of thing would be very problematic. When it comes to
contentious topics, like Israel-Palestine, people have repeatedly
demonstrated that they are willing to completely fabricate eye-witness
accounts to make one or the other side look bad.
Published eye-witness accounts can also be fabricated, of course, but
have the benefit that since they're in the public sphere of published
work, the more questionable oens have often attracted published
refutations. Similarly, books on controversial subjects are often
reviewed in the 'book review' sections of journals. A purported
eyewitness account added directly to a wiki doesn't benefit from any of
that sort of peer review.
-Mark