[Foundation-l] Misplaced Reliance, was Re: Paid editing, was Re: Ban and moderate

[Anthony]

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:04 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 October 2010 20:47, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 3:43 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 24 October 2010 20:26, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> None of which I'd expect to say that John Seigenthaler is a murderer.
>>>> There are mistakes of facts, and then there's malicious lies.  I'd
>>>> definitely expect more of the latter in Wikipedia than in any of the
>>>> traditional encyclopedias.
>>>
>>> So your position is that you have the authority to draw lines in the sand.
>>
>> No.  It's more about accountability than about authority.
>
> You are claiming you are accountable if wikipedia turns out to be an
> encyclopedia?

No, that wasn't my claim.  I am, however, accountable for what I say.
And the idea that Wikipedia could "turn out to be an encyclopedia" is
silly.  It either is, or it isn't, and in this case, as I have
explained, it isn't.