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Wikipedia Adopting Semi-Protection of Pages

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the countering-the-angry-jerk-effect dept.

kizzle (the other one) writes "A major policy change on Wikipedia was just passed 103-4-2 along with Jimbo Wales' endorsement to incorporate a process called 'Semi-protection' only on the most frequent targets of vandalism."

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  1. Re:Now they should print Wiki! by narcc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow, a FP without even trying!

    Incidently, they are printing wikipedia

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  2. Re:This story is extremely confused by typical · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'd like to thank you for the time and talent you've devoted to Wikipedia. It it is a wonderful resource, and competes with Google as one of the most helpful systems on the Internet for obtaining useful information quickly.

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