[WikiEN-l] Accountability: bringing back a proposal I made nearly 2 years ago

[Erik Moeller]

On 3/5/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> The point is to make sure that people are being honest with us and with
> the general public.

I would modify the proposal: You only need to verify the credentials
if you're in a position of trust (adminship or higher).
- Reduces the number of necessary verifications
- Has less of an impact on the social dynamics of Wikipedia
- Gives us a good response to media ("user was not in a position of
trust") when other editors use fake credentials
- Gives editors a sense of perspective when looking at userpages
-- 
Peace & Love,
Erik

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