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One site called NexWiki.org claims to be the "largest username and name archiving website" on the Internet.  The Australian site, however, is hosting volatile "anonymous powered" content; that is, the wiki doesn't even bother with registering users.  It therefore could become a magnet for vandalism.  For example, one can find a page about a username "Psychonaut" which describes a real-life Tristan Miller as "a blight upon the earth".  Not particularly useful as a trusted reference.

One site called NexWiki.org claims to be the "largest username and name archiving website" on the Internet.  The Australian site, however, is hosting volatile "anonymous powered" content; that is, the wiki doesn't even bother with registering users.  It therefore could become a magnet for vandalism.  For example, one can find a page about a username "Psychonaut" which describes a real-life Tristan Miller as "a blight upon the earth".  Not particularly useful as a trusted reference.

New York-based WikiYou.com aspires to log an unauthorized biography of every person on earth.  The site's management feels that a biography should exist for everyone, "regardless if there have been 'reliable' or 'verifiable' sources for that person."  Yet, founders Jay Gould and Aaron Cohen have not authored biographies for themselves on the site, so one may wonder about the trustworthiness of the site.  Until a profile has been "claimed" by someone, all of their information is malleable by anyone. Even after a profile has been claimed, the "biography" and "stories" sections are still open to other editors.  There is no mention of what one without e-mail or Internet access is supposed to do about claiming their biography.  

New York-based WikiYou.com aspires to log an unauthorized biography of every person on earth.  The site's management feels that a biography should exist for everyone, "regardless if there have been 'reliable' or 'verifiable' sources for that person."  Yet, founders Jay Gould and Aaron Cohen have not authored biographies for themselves on the site, so one may wonder about the trustworthiness of the model.  Until a profile has been "claimed" by someone, all of their information is malleable by anyone. Even after a profile has been claimed, the "biography" and "stories" sections are still open to other editors.  There is no mention of what one without e-mail or Internet access is supposed to do about claiming their biography.  

Biographicon.com, "the place for everyone's biography," seems to take a more humanistic approach, advising editors that a biography "must not hurt the basic human dignity of its subject."  The site also associates search results with nifty photo headshots of related persons.  However, there is no editorial control over anonymous editing on any of the biographies, and most of the articles are merely duplicate copies of an old version from Wikipedia.

Biographicon.com, "the place for everyone's biography," seems to take a more humanistic approach, advising editors that a biography "must not hurt the basic human dignity of its subject."  The site also associates search results with nifty photo headshots of related persons.  However, there is no editorial control over anonymous editing on any of the biographies, and most of the articles are merely duplicate copies of an old version from Wikipedia.