[WikiEN-l] Story about Wikipedia response to subtle vandalism

[Rory Stolzenberg]

Yes, it was a username, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AlHalawi.
That user didn't create any articles, or even make any good edits, however.

On 10/28/06, Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Oct 28, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Keith Old wrote:
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> > Further to the excellent points made by Sam, this anon address had
> > already
> > submitted wrong information on a number of topics. People would be
> > rightly
> > suspicious of material put forward by this IP.
> >
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> Not true - the previous information was, my understanding is, made
> under a username.
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> > In addition, the problem is often with material submitted
> > anonymously. What
> > we often see is material from IP x not from Professor X in which
> > case it is
> > harder to take it on face value without reliable sources shown.
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> Yes. All the same, deletion of accurate material is unfortunate. We
> need to aspire to a level of sensibleness in demanding sources and
> especially in removing material. An article that is accurate but
> lacks sources is an article in need of sources, not an article in
> need of gutting.
>
> -Phil
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