[WikiEN-l] Citizendium to launch this week

[bobolozo]

--- Keith Old <keithold at gmail.com> wrote:
> G'day folks,
> 
> Associated Press  reports that Citizendium will
> launch this week.
> 
>
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2007-03-25-wikipedia-alternative_N.htm

Probably this has already been discussed here ad
nauseum, but:

Prospective editors are supposed to use their real
name, and provide proof that this is their real name.
However, at the moment,
http://www.citizendium.org/cfa.html says that
providing the proof is optional.

In other words, anyone can sign up, claim their name
is John Johnson from Wisconsin, submit a fake bio, and
be an editor.

If actual proof is later required, just exactly what
percentage of potential editors are going to fax in a
copy of their driver's licence or some such thing? 
1%?  I surely wouldn't do that.

So, either: 1. anyone can edit, just like wikipedia,
but having to first provide some bullshit data, or 2.
Some sort of proof will be required, resulting in
almost no editors.


 
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