Wikipedia tightens the editorial screws |
Loading ...Guess it was a matter of time before Wikipedia needed to reinforce the gates, which is among the best of the wikis out there for dealing with wiki vandalism. 
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says the online encyclopedia is deciding how to implement stricter controls over some of its content, including freezing “stable” pages and limiting editing access to certain controversial articles.
Put me in the group who doesn’t have faith in the wiki model (sorry, wiki fans). Yeah, the Wikipedia is cool and a few other wikis that are well policed but the vast majority of them end up vandalized. Sad, but true.
[…] Bottom line, what I wrote almost three months ago on wikis has only been further reinforced by Wales comments in Orlowski’s article. I wrote: Put me in the group who doesn’t have faith in the wiki model (sorry, wiki fans). Yeah, the Wikipedia is cool and a few other wikis that are well policed but the vast majority of them end up vandalized. Sad, but true. […]
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[…] These changes were a reaction to two recent issues with the system and piggyback on Wikipedia issues cited last month and general policies and procedures Wales said they were looking into back in August. […]
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