Wikipedia to writers: Prove your expertiseMarch 8, 2007
(AP) -- "Following revelations that a high-ranking member of Wikipedia's bureaucracy used his cloak of anonymity to lie about being a professor of religion, the free Internet encyclopedia plans to ask contributors who claim such credentials to identify themselves."It turns out that the man is a 24-year old college dropout!
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"In addition to contributing thousands of articles to the sprawling Web encyclopedia, Jordan [the offender] had recently been promoted to arbitrator, a position for trusted members of the community. Arbitrators can overrule an edit made by another volunteer or block people who abuse the site."
What makes this article stand out for me is the first half of the moral to the story, a wise saying: "It's always inappropriate to try to win an argument by flashing your credentials," Wales said, "and even more so if those credentials are inaccurate."
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