On 28/12/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Sources can be checked. What I'm presenting to are
the totally mindless,
malicious vandal edits by totally anonymous fools who have complete access
to the encyclopedia. Perhaps I am being naive, but I believe a named,
accountable User Page would go a long way to ridding Wikipedia of them.
Our big problem is not random hit-and-run anonymous vandalism; it's
hard-working and malicious vandals who view trashing Wikipedia as a
challenge. Technical barriers to entry will discourage sincere new
contributors but not stop the problem children for a moment.
- d.