[WikiEN-l] So you think you can be a Wikipedia article

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Wed Jul 26 21:24:37 UTC 2006


maru dubshinki wrote:

>Wouldn't any democracy-variant simply invite even more sock-puppeting?
>I think perhaps voting through one's edits is the only feasible
>method, as edits require effort and so put up a barrier to entry
>(which in the real world is supplied by the minor barrier that one
>cannot easily replicate oneself).  Which is essentially what we
>already do.
>
The effects of sock-puppetry are perhaps bes neutralized by 
marginalization.  As long as you have votes where one or two ballots can 
alter the result they will always matter.

Ec




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