Cannot this problem be solved by simply tightening up signing up criteria as well as banning anonymous IPs altogether?
Meg
On 14/08/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/13/07, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/13/07, David Goodman dgoodmanny@gmail.com wrote:
That means that you're clever enough to spot not just the obvious, but the reasonably subtle. The ones who are really good at it are the ones you won't catch. or do you assume that nobody is that good?
We don't have to make it impossible, just difficult.
This is helped by the fact that most obsessive enough to disrupt Wikipedia to that extent are not stable, sensible individuals.
As with the spam problem, the far greater long term danger is the ones who have some motivation to do it in a calm and professional manner, rather than being raving loons who are self-evident on close inspection.
This is one reason to be very wary of those selling "Wikipedia Marketing" services...
Most of the ones so far are not really all that subtle. A natural selection filter will remove the dumb ones, and someone who can do it subtly will remain.
-- -george william herbert george.herbert@gmail.com
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