> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Larsen <larsen.thoma...@gmail.com> > To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 6:38 pm > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Citizendium > > It is my understanding that Citizendium requires users to submit a > brief biography (a) to help other authors and editors know with whom > they are working and (b) ensure accountability (a biography in > addition to a real name can be used to almost perfectly identify a > person). > > -------------------------------------- > > I don't see that at all. > In my biography I write : "I was first a world-known plastic surgeon, > but then I decided to go into soft porn. After that I wrote 12 books > on nematodes." > > How does that identify me? You can write anything you want. Wikipedia > also has a biographical area (your user page), but they don't compel > you to fill it out. > > I wonder if anyone can name any other website at all, that requires you > to fill out a biography before they will allow you to log in? I don't > mean check boxes and short fields (like city, birthdate, etc), I mean a > free-form field. > > This is the first time I've ever encountered a site, that requires you > to fill in a free-form field, then has a human read that field, and > decide on the basis of that, whether or not they will grant you access. > > Will Johnson
Linkedin has procedures like that. If you say you are with a company they will insist on an email message from some account at the company. You chose to play an ass on Citizendium and were treated like one. Fred _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
