Wikipedia fights the trolls
Growing Wikipedia Revises Its ‘Anyone Can Edit’ Policy - New York Times
Wikipedia is the online encyclopedia that “anyone can edit.” Unless you want to edit the entries on Albert Einstein, human rights in China or Christina Aguilera.Wikipedia’s come-one, come-all invitation to write and edit articles, and the surprisingly successful results, have captured the public imagination. But it is not the experiment in freewheeling collective creativity it might seem to be, because maintaining so much openness inevitably involves some tradeoffs.
Wikipedia really has grown up in the past couple years. Some complain of a Leftist, or anti-American, or anti-Bush slant. It may be. But what I appreciate is that on controversial subjects, from ethanol fuel to History of Iraq, the entry is flagged with a note like “The neutrality of this article is disputed.
Please see the discussion on the talk page,” or other comments about the state of article.
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