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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."

2 of 244 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hypocrisy by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, look, the Wikipedia fanboys are out in force, modding my comment down. It was +5, now it is +2.

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  2. Re:Hypocrisy by FooAtWFU · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

    Yeah? And to what effect? Nothing overly substantial, really. Certainly nothing which would shake the foundations of the policy or anything. :b

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