[WikiEN-l] Trust vs. Credentials (was Re: Accountability:

[Andrew Gray]

On 11/03/07, William Pietri <william at scissor.com> wrote:

> > What problem are we trying to solve exactly?
> >
> > Problem: Magazine interviews Wikipedia editor and believes his falsely
> > claimed credentials.
> > Solution: Caution media to check any credentials claimed by Wikipedia editors.
>
> Well, there is also the problem of a Wikipedia administrator writing to
> professors as a fellow professor. That was pretty bad in my mind, and
> could have also led to a public black eye even if the media had checked
> credentials.

We have a hard enough time stopping Wikipedia administrators writing
to professors as "a Wikipedia administrator", much less anything
else...

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk