On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 5:05 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Well still the verification of identity really doesn't have anything to > do with "type a 50-word biography" >
"Will Johnson" does not identify a person. "Will Johnson, the guy who went to X college and works in Y industry, and likes hobbies A, B, and Z" does. That's not the only reason they ask for a biography, but it is an added benefit. It brings Citizendium into the real world. When I signed up for Knol, one thing they did was allow verification. > So one way to verify you was that you gave them a phone number and your > name as it was listed in the phone book. They check that it's really > there, they CALL you and give you a code. You have to type that code > back in. I tried that for several weeks and it was always broken. I tried it with several different phone numbers, and several different credit card numbers. Never worked. Besides, it costs money. At any rate, I don't see how a 50-word biography which could be > anything I choose to make up, would satisfy any kind of identify > verification. There's an assumption of good faith, I assume, but at least you're committing to an identity which could be further checked out later, if doubts arise as to your sincerity. It's a great example of soft security, in my opinion. I don't know. It's been a while since I've signed up to Citizendium. Maybe they've significantly changed the process since then. > To be an *Editor* that ask that you submit a CV which I > suppose if you were so inclined you could check against some college > database or whatever. > Yeah well, that's a whole different process. > BUT to be an Author they do not ask you to submit a CV. Just > apparently this mini-biography. > > So the point is still the same. If they are using this to verify > something, that's not any sort of verification at all. What if they're not using it to verify anything, but just to keep out people like you? C'mon, haven't you ever gone to a meeting and been asked to stand up and tell everyone a little bit about yourself? Did you object and use that platform to bitch about the system? Maybe you did... _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
