[WikiEN-l] Slashdot article

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/28/2008 6:44:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
snowspinner at gmail.com writes:

would  ask how "whether we can verify that they are the  
subject" is in any  way a substantively different issue than "whether  
we can verify  their identity," >>
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Of course! It's the entire point!
You don't verify my identity in order to approve of edit I make.  You  review 
my edits and say OK I won't revert that it looks good.
I have no particular position of privilege on any article (afaik).
 
However the Subject of a BLP you are claiming should be treated differently  
than all other editors.  That is, we should take their word as a source in  
order to modify their own articles.  And not only should we do that (which  we 
already do in part), but we should do it, without even the ability to  
determine that they are *in fact* the subject of that BLP in the first  place.
 
Yes verifying some editor's identify is quite different from verifying that  
they are the Subject of the Article.
 
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