[WikiEN-l] iCorrect

[Scott MacDonald]

Geni, you are now being obtuse.

Sometimes we publish false crap on people, sometimes we do it all on our
own, and sometimes it's because we're following a source that is publishing
falsehood.

When a victim tries to get a correction, the whole deck is stacked against
them. Edit Wikipedia and get hit with COI. E-mail OTRS and you're dealing
with a non-editorial non-authority, who might not believe who you are, and
probably won't accept your own testimony as other than worthless. Even if
you convince the OTRS person, he might well get reverted by someone who
can't see the e-mails.

Now, along comes another way of people setting the record straight, and you
reject it because a) it doesn't comply with policy b) people may pay $1,000
to impersonate someone c) you choose to be cynical about their identity
checking d) it doesn't make sense to you.

The bottom line is that you are representative of the most cynical,
irresponsible BLP attitudes on Wikipedia, and if we were serious about our
responsibilities here, people with you cavalier attitude would be banned
from BLPs, and BLP process, as a positive menace.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of geni
Sent: 28 March 2011 15:26
To: fredbaud at fairpoint.net; English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] iCorrect

On 28 March 2011 15:06, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
> I believe a ridiculous piece of printed paper can be used to buy
> potatoes, why not them?
>
> Fred

Because with buying potatoes the business model makes sense. It
doesn't make sense than any celebrity prepared to pay to have mistakes
corrected doesn't have far cheaper options.



-- 
geni

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