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Wikipedia To Unlock Frequently Vandalized Pages

Posted by timothy on from the when-hitler-came-up-with-scientology dept.

netbuzz writes "In an effort to encourage greater participation, Wikipedia, the self-described 'online encyclopedia that anyone can edit,' is turning to tighter editorial control as a substitute for simply 'locking' those entries that frequently attract mischief makers and ideologues. The new system, which will apply to a maximum of 2,000 most-vulnerable pages, is sure to create controversies of its own."

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  1. Re:Hypocrisy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, "ideology" is why the page on electrolytes gets replaced with the words "what plants crave" every damn week.

  2. Re:Hypocrisy by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who gets to define neutral though?

    If you can't define 'Neutral', just look it up.

    Duh.

  3. Re:Hypocrisy by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll save you a click: For Neutral Point of View on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:NPOV.

    And I'll save you another click. The text on that page has been changed fifteen times by six different people over the last twenty-four hours.

  4. Re:Hypocrisy by Remus+Shepherd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also, what makes a Wikipedia editor go neutral? Is it lust for gold? Power? Or were they just born with a heart full of neutrality?

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