Put another way, anonymity in any community creates a condition for abuse. Wikipedia has reached the point where a reputation system would be of great value. It's disturbing that Wikipedia content is taken as authority despite the fact that there is little in the way of editorial control that goes beyond having someone who has an interest in the topic be an editor... but we still don't know what the credentials of the monitor are.
Link: loose wire: The Lessons of Wikipedia.
After all, we still don’t know the motive (or the identity) of Seigenthaler’s character assassin. Perhaps it’s not mindless vandals we should be worried about on Wikipedia; it’s people using its benign offices to settle scores and run opponents out of town.
The World will not miss Wikipedia.
Posted by: Jack Moore | Dec 12, 2005 at 08:34 AM