http://cybernetnews.com/wikipedia-will-require-proof-of-your-credentials/ Technology News Sun, 27 May 2012 18:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://cybernetnews.com/wikipedia-will-require-proof-of-your-credentials/#comment-89594 Internet Esquire Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:18:17 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/03/07/wikipedia-will-require-proof-of-your-credentials/#comment-89594 Superficially, the Essjay case was about falsified credentials; at its core, it was about an elaborate deception that Essjay rationalized as being necessary because he held positions of trust at Wikipedia. Verifying credentials will not address the core issue of deception by Wikipedia administrators. For a longer tome on my views, please see <a href="http://blog.xodp.org/2007/03/jimbo-wales-feeds-wikipedians-and.html" rel="nofollow">my recent blog post</a>. Superficially, the Essjay case was about falsified credentials; at its core, it was about an elaborate deception that Essjay rationalized as being necessary because he held positions of trust at Wikipedia. Verifying credentials will not address the core issue of deception by Wikipedia administrators. For a longer tome on my views, please see [blog.xodp.org]

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