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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:Which pages? by Meshach · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is a list on the following page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes/Queue

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  2. Re:Hypocrisy by FooAtWFU · · Score: 3, Informative

    Neutral is identifying the men (or newspapers or whatever) who are stating the "facts", and stating that they are stating those facts, without stating that they're right. (The fight then becomes "whose opinions do we bother to list here, and whose are irrelevant?" and that's usually quite a bit less controversial. not controversy-free, but less controversial.)

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