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a major problem -><s>a major problem.</s> often ignored as in politics as usual
(ack inevitability of ad hominem approval when dealing only with volunteer labour - it may be possible to escape it with a determined or closely aligned group)
(a major problem -><s>a major problem.</s> often ignored as in politics as usual)
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'''Ad hominem approval''' and [[permission-based model]]s are poor [[wiki management]] practice where edits by "trusted users of good '''reputation'''" go unexamined and thus might contain all kinds of errors.
'''Ad hominem approval''' and [[permission-based model]]s are poor [[wiki management]] practice where edits by "trusted users of good '''reputation'''" go unexamined and thus might contain all kinds of errors.


:Ad hominem approval is often required to be accepted as a de facto practice in running [[large public wiki]]s. Because to keep a ''certain level'' of ''integrity'' withing the [[GFDL text corpus]] information coming in from previously unknown sources or authors must in practice be screened more carefully and systematically.  This carries risks of [[systematic bias]] (process) or [[systemic bias]] (group affinity problems) but seems to be inevitable when only volunteer labour is relied on.  There is never enough.  It is not clear that a truly efficient pipeline to treat all contributions equally is possible.  In [[political party]] circles this is also a major problem.
:Ad hominem approval is often required to be accepted as a de facto practice in running [[large public wiki]]s. Because to keep a ''certain level'' of ''integrity'' withing the [[GFDL text corpus]] information coming in from previously unknown sources or authors must in practice be screened more carefully and systematically.  This carries risks of [[systematic bias]] (process) or [[systemic bias]] (group affinity problems) but seems to be inevitable when only volunteer labour is relied on.  There is never enough.  It is not clear that a truly efficient pipeline to treat all contributions equally is possible.  In [[political party]] circles this is also <s>a major problem.</s> often ignored as in [[politics as usual]]


Edits by new or untrusted users (see [[New Troll point of view]]) are often attacked without reason or for ideological reasons.  Please note that this assumes that there can be such a thing as positive repute, and that the new user necessarily lacks it, regardless of prior achievements anywhere else, or any credentials or skills.
Edits by new or untrusted users (see [[New Troll point of view]]) are often attacked without reason or for ideological reasons.  Please note that this assumes that there can be such a thing as positive repute, and that the new user necessarily lacks it, regardless of prior achievements anywhere else, or any credentials or skills.
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