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Wikipedia Semi-Protection Begins

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the better-than-none dept.

seanvaandering writes "Admins began applying their recently announced 'Wikipedia semi-protection' feature this week. The first articles to be semi-protected were George W. Bush, Hitler, and Jesus Christ, barring the newest 1% of all users and anonymous visitors from modifying the article (apparently Satan didn't make the cut). Does this mark the end of the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit?"

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  1. Re:There's some sort of joke.... by Nicolasd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That is asuming jerks who deface articles are smart enough to do that...