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:::And that's just in the USA. Once the [[Wikipedia:Antipodal point|Antipodeans]] start being part of OrthodoxWiki, we get into all sorts of difficults: the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese is, without any doubt, the largest Orthodox Archdiocese in Australia; however, on their website, they have no listing of priests, and the only listing that I am aware of is in book form and in Greek. How is Fr John, or any other sysop, supposed to verify that Fr Amphilochios can speak for me? Or, indeed, that he will? Unless I'm referring to [[Metropolitan]] [[Amphilochios (Tsoukos) of New Zealand|Amphilochios]], of course, verification can't happen.
:::We must remember that this is the internet. It is virtually impossible for a person with an external full-time career to verify a person's identity on the off-chance that they might like to post. And moreover, any person who would comply with this puts themself in danger of their name and exact location being found. And no editing is worth that. -- [[User:Pistevo|oea]] 06:21, 4 November 2005 (CST).
::Thanks for your words Pistevo. Here's a brief response from me:
::About OrthodoxWiki, I can assure you that these kinds of abuses are rare. The kind of requirements you are suggesting are not tenable for us -- they would present too much overhead and quench the site. The sysops do monitor articles to make sure there are not gross theological inaccuracies or personal attacks. Thankfully, these are usually dealt with within a few hours. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 10:50, 4 November 2005 (CST)
== Interesting discussion of the whole WikiPedia concept ==