Wikipedia to Restrict Creation of Articles

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."

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Wikipedia is treason

[Your Friend Computer]

Commie Mutant Traitors use Wikipedia to spread treasonous rumours

Where can I learn about the controversy?

[Errandboy of Doom]

Usually I'd check wikipedia... but eh, they're silent on it.

Big deal

[Anonymous Coward]

doesn't look like anything's getting blown out of proportion does it?

Re:Stop anonymous contributors adding external lin

[ajdlinux]

I believe that Wikipedia adds a META tag that stops Googlebot and other bots following links. Still doesn't stop it from distracting users though.

An assassin? Really?

[jemenake]

From the article: "Wales, in a recent C-SPAN interview...insisted that his Web site is accountable and that his community of thousands of volunteer editors...corrects mistakes within minutes," former Robert Kennedy aide John Seigenthaler wrote in USA Today. "My experience refutes that...For four months, Wikipedia depicted me as a suspected assassin."

Actually, since his page wasn't linked to from any other Wikipedia articles, I'd have to say that Wikipedia was *actually* depicting him as someone of negligible importance... a depiction with which I'd have to concur.

Re:Abuse of anonymity is the injury *AND* the insu

[shanen]

Please improve your writing. I really can't tell if you are trying to raise some valid discussion points or just trying to be a troll. For that reason, I'm going to ignore your questions, even though they might be authentic.

On the other hand, if you are a troll, please designate me as your "foe". It will save time in the future. I am quite content to ignore designated foes.