Wikipedia to Restrict Creation of Articles

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 5, 2005 @10:11AM from the handful-out-of-850,000-plus-aint-bad dept.

cine writes "News.com reports that starting Monday Wikipedia will restrict the creation of new articles to members. Anonymous users will only be able to edit existing articles. This move comes after a controversial week for the free online encyclopedia" From the article: "Wales said the Seigenthaler article not only escaped the notice of this corps of watchdogs, but it also became a kind of needle in a haystack: The page remained unchanged for so long because it wasn't linked to from any other Wikipedia articles, depriving it of traffic that might have led to closer scrutiny."

2 of 368 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

They're NOT created! by $RANDOMLUSER · 2005-12-05 10:16 · Score: -1, Flamebait

They're Intelligently Designed!

--
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
Re:Stupid ACs by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-05 15:00 · Score: -1, Flamebait

No, I just read /. and don't feel like creating an account. One thing that struck my eye, though:

"Go ahead and wail, you stupid ACs. My settings eagerly ignore your replies." - Hahaha, speaking of being afraid of retribution. I'm anonymous but you're the coward.