[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Accountability: bringing back a proposal I made nearly 2 years ago

[Samuel Klein]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Robert Horning wrote:

> And I believe you can get very meaningful contributions from many of
> these same individuals who certainly don't have a PhD.  The difference

Is anyone disputing this? If so, that should be the subject of its own 
thread.

Accountability should have nothing to do with confirming or verifying the 
quality of contributions; it is just like a Real Names policy -- a 
question of a community's standards for trust.

> credentials on most subjects by its primary contributors.  And FA class
> articles would be on the statistical tail where I think you would be
> more likely to find educational credentials brought up in serious
> discussions.

When this comes up in serious discussions, does it carry weight?
I wouldg greatly appreciate references to where this carries weight on 
Wikipedia.

SJ