NYT: Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
- From: J Flenner <varney@[redacted]>
- Subject: NYT: Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:16:33 EDT
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June 17, 2006 | New York Times
Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
By KATIE HAFNER
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.
At its core, Wikipedia is not just a reference work but also an online
community that has built itself a bureaucracy of sorts -- one that, in
response to well-publicized problems with some entries, has recently
grown more elaborate. It has a clear power structure that gives
volunteer administrators the authority to exercise editorial control,
delete unsuitable articles and protect those that are vulnerable to
vandalism.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/17/technology/17wiki-side.html
June 17, 2006 | New York Times
Trouble Spots
Selected Wikipedia articles that site administrators have placed under
restrictions to protect them from vandalism or editing wars. Most
articles are only temporarily protected.
Protected Articles
Cannot be edited.
2004 United States election voting controversies, Ohio
Cuba
Islamophobia
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Semi-Protected Articles
Users can edit only if they have been registered with the site for at
least four days.
Palestinian refugee
Michael Jackson
Falkland Islands
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