[WikiEN-l] iCorrect

[Victor Vasiliev]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Scott MacDonald
<doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 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.
OTRS is not that bad, at least as far as I know. The volunteers there
are supposed to be friendly (at least polite) as long as the person
does not behave very aggresively. The only problem I am aware of is
backlog ([[m:OTRS/volunteering]] is the only answer here).

> 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.

It would have the same value as the statement published on the
person's own website; I see no reason to give it more value than any
other statement issued by the person in question themselves.

> 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.
>

That sort of personal attack would do no good, please refrain from it.

--vvv