Yep. The inverifiability of the contributed stuff
removes almost all of the value of this idea. Sad.
Traroth
--- Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org> a écrit :
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
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