[WikiEN-l] Citizendium vs. Wikipedia

[Chet Hoover]

Well, then I hope they tighten up the identity checks but with respect
to an individual's privacy, of course. This is what makes the
environment interesting, that everyone's using real names.

As a reader I just don't like reading what the anonymites of the world
have to say anymore. I'd like to know what serious people have to say
about certain subjects. Who would edit the article about "cyberspace"
and what would they write?

http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Cyberspace

Whenever someone has something to say, and wants their name to be attached to it, they can go to Citizendium.

Chet



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From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:46:07 AM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Citizendium vs. Wikipedia

2009/4/21 Chet Hoover <chet.hoover at yahoo.com>:
> Here's why Citizendium is far better:
>
> * It's more open... everyone's identities are known, there are no sockpuppets, there is none of the absurd overhead that anonymity entails.

The identities aren't generally verified, the only requirement is that
you use a name which is plausibly a real one. It doesn't have to be
your real name.

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