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Ludwig put his name to it, and he didn't state it as a theory, he stated it as fact. If it is false, then WMF should sue him for libel. Why isn't WMF suing him? Why would he state something as fact, putting his name to it, if it was false? Ludwig has a very high reputation for being very
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This is a rather extraordinary claim. As such it requires a strong source. OhMyNews in Korea is not a sufficient source for this claim because it is self-described as a community written newspaper. There no indication of fact checking. Those who disagree may start a discussion at
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Just came here from Wired... why did the Knowledge employees like this Mr. Vishal take out real news articles from here? Is that allowed? Sorry I didn't know that they controlled content over others, if so please disregard this question. Thanks...
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Ok, let me get this straight: a user on a web site says that the WMF hired Virgil Griffith. The WMF says they did not hire Virgil Griffith. But we're supposed to rely on the user's statement as the source of fact? That sounds fishy to me.
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Because the source isn't reliable. If this information were true, it is interesting enough that it would be published some place reliable. OhmyNews allows anyone to publish any crackpot theory. -
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Do you have a source? I have a source that says that they did. Unless there's a source to oppose that, I'd say that sourced information is more accurate than unsourced claims.
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Reliable sources people, please. Is there any indication that the writer of the ohmynews article is an expert in the subject area or has sources that we don't know about?
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in mid-September 2018. I don't see any mention of Virgil's Ethereum involvement in the article though. Can someone source this? If not, please remove the category.--
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I added the Shameful spin part to the scanner entry. Slashdot is merely commenting on it, and isn't newsworthy in this case.
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Did Virgil got jailed at last or no? Or condemned? The article does not state it. The article nees to be actualised.
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Ah, I hadn't noted the scanner had its own article ... it'd belong there, not here IMO -
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This comic is obviously about Knowledge Scanner... But, is it relevant enough to link?
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The scanner in popular culture? It's been all over the press for the past week ... -
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You could ask Ludwig whether he'd put his name to a rumor and call it fact. -
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The category People Involved with Ethereum (or however it is phrased) was
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The Wikimedia Foundation did not hire Virgil to create Knowledge Scanner.
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to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
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Virgil's powerspinner mousetrap makes BBC, with decent mentions.
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Was Virgil hired by Knowledge to create the Knowledge Scanner?
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could say I work for Google, but that wouldn't make it so.
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I have just added archive links to 2 external links on
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It seems that it was a bad idea to remove that link.
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There's two obvious places, I suppose my LinkedIn (
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