> Would you have found out about those earlier sources without Wikipedia?
I'm not an expert in this domain. The author is.
Would you do something like that using your real name?
> "it wasn't on Wikipedia" is hardly an excuse when it comes to ethics
which is what I actually wrote, in a post where I'm not even talking about the particular situation. I expressed dismay about a failure to properly attribute ideas, and then I explained that I don't care about what was written in 2014 on Wikipedia, experts should know better anyway. If you've decided to read an accusation in what I wrote, that is absolutely on you. The most negative thing I wrote about the author was:
> You'd expect an emeritus professor to have enough time on their hands to check their sources...
And, again, I would have absolutely no problem saying that in public with my real name. I've said much "worse".