[WikiEN-l] Reputation: false or true god?

[The Mangoe]

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>  Reputation is a false God that I have no intention of worshipping.  Most
>  of it is an excuse for POV pushing.

BIG objection here. Reputation is our reliability; if we aren't in
some sense reliable, our work has no reason for existence. Listening
to external criticism is essential.