NY Times reports Wikipedia isn't so 'freewheeling'
Raw Story, MA - 1 hour ago
... RAW STORY has learned. "Wikipedia is the online encyclopedia that 'anyone can edit,'" writes Katie Hafner. "Unless, that is, they ...

In response to well-publicized problems with some entries, the online encyclopedia is exercising more editorial control.

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Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
New York Times, United States - 35 minutes ago
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 ...

A firmer hand on the tiller as Wikipedia grows
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX - 31 minutes ago
The online encyclopedia Wikipedia's come-one, come-all invitation to write and edit articles, and the surprisingly successful results, have captured the public ...

Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago
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 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.



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Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
New York Times, United States - 43 minutes ago
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 ...

Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
Lakeland Ledger, FL - 1 hour ago
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 ...

Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
Blogger News Network - 22 minutes ago
Some are bothered by the Wikipedia on-line source of information on most anything -- particularly that anyone can contribute to editing particular entrees. ...

Growing Wikipedia revises its "anyone can edit" policy
CNET News.com, CA - 11 minutes ago
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 ...

Credibility involves a combination of freedom and oversight.



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Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
Tuscaloosa News (subscription), AL - 36 minutes ago
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 fights off cyber vandals
The Observer, UK - 19 minutes ago
The answer is that the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has deemed that they are part of a growing number of subjects in need of protection from cyber vandals. ...

What links George W Bush, Christina Aguilera, Adolf Hitler, sex - and, from last Friday, Tony Blair? The answer is that the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has deemed that they are part of a growing number of subjects in need of protection from cyber vandals.

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Wikipedia protects some entries from edits
Washington Times, DC - 31 minutes ago
The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is no longer as freewheeling as it once was, protecting some subjects from sometimes contentious editing. ...

Technology: Online encyclopedia deems that Bush, Hitler and Blair are in need of protection from cyber vandals.

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Wikipedia protects some entries from edits
Political Gateway, FL - 1 hour ago
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 17 (UPI) -- The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is no longer as freewheeling as it once was, protecting some subjects from sometimes ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 17 (UPI) -- The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is no longer as freewheeling as it once was, protecting some subjects from sometimes contentious editing.

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Wikipedia fights off cyber vandals
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 22 minutes ago
The answer is that the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has deemed that they are part of a growing number of subjects in need of protection from cyber vandals. ...

A Look at the Editorial Changes on Wikipedia
Slashdot - 1 hour ago
prostoalex writes "New York Times Technology section this weekend is running an extensive article on Wikipedia and recent changes to the editorial policy. ...

prostoalex writes "New York Times Technology section this weekend is running an extensive article on Wikipedia and recent changes to the editorial policy. Due to high level of partisan involvement some political topics like George Bush, Tony Blair and Opus Dei are currently either protected (editorials are allowed only to a selected group of Wikipedia members) or semi-protected (anyone who has

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Wikipedia protects some entries from public modification
TechWhack, India - 1 hour ago
After getting involved into several controversies related to the accuracy of its content, Wikipedia is now censoring certain articles from editing by regular ...

Those measures can put some entries outside of the "anyone can edit" realm. The list changes rapidly, but as of yesterday, the entries for Einstein and Ms.



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Wikipedia Protects Some Entries From Edits
Post Chronicle - 2 hours ago
by UPI Wire. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - June 17, 2006 (UPI) -- The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is no longer as freewheeling as it once was, protecting some ...

A Look at the Editorial Changes on Wikipedia
Slashdot - 53 minutes ago
prostoalex writes "New York Times Technology section this weekend is running an extensive article on Wikipedia and recent changes to the editorial policy. ...

Wikipedia protects some entries from edits
United Press International - 5 hours ago
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 17 (UPI) -- The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is no longer as freewheeling as it once was, protecting some subjects from sometimes ...

Wikipedia protects some entries from edits
DailyIndia.com, NY - 5 hours ago
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 17 (UPI) -- The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is no longer as freewheeling as it once was, protecting some subjects from sometimes ...

Growing Wikipedia Revises Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy
Wilmington Morning Star, NC - 8 minutes ago
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 ...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=EzisX_NBjmcJ&imgurl=www.playfuls.com/scitech/gimages/wiki18062.jpg width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1>Wikipedia Protects Some Entries From Edits
Playfuls.com, Romania - 7 minutes ago
by Playfuls Team. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is no longer as freewheeling as it once was, protecting some subjects from sometimes contentious editing. ...

What's all the fuss about Wikipedia?
iTWire, Australia - 1 hour ago
A supposed tightening of editorial control at Wikipedia has the pundits all saying "I told you so" but in reality editing responsibility remains very much with ...

What's all the fuss about Wikipedia?
iTWire, Australia - 2 hours ago
A supposed tightening of editorial control at Wikipedia has the pundits all saying "I told you so" but in reality editing responsibility remains very much with ...

Wikipedia Edits Its Policy
Moneycontrol Tech Blog, India - 11 minutes ago
Wikipedia has made its ‘Anyone can edit’ feature more exclusive, by refashioning it to give volunteer administrators the authority to exercise editorial ...

Wikipedia edits own editing policy
Web User, UK - 42 minutes ago
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has changed its 'anyone can edit' policy to help stop vandalism of certain entries. Wikipedia articles ...

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has changed its 'anyone can edit' policy to help stop vandalism of certain entries. Wikipedia articles are now listed in three categories: Protected articles, semi-protected articles and free edit articles.

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Wikipedia's wild popularity has been matched recently by the amount of controversy surrounding the site, a Web-based encyclopedia that is open to anyone who wants to contribute and add to any of the information. That is, almost anyone, and almost any of Wikipedia's information.

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Wikipedia Walks Line Between Openness, Control
TechNewsWorld, CA - 47 minutes ago
... Wikipedia's wild popularity has been matched recently by the amount of controversy surrounding the site, a Web-based encyclopedia that is open to anyone who ...

Wikipedia's wild popularity has been matched recently by the amount of controversy surrounding the site, a Web-based encyclopedia that is open to anyone who wants to contribute and add to any of the information.

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...tory/51201.html

prostoalex writes "New York Times Technology section this weekend is running an extensive article on Wikipedia and recent changes to the editorial policy. Due to high level of partisan involvement some political topics like George Bush, Tony Blair and Opus Dei are currently either protected (editorials are allowed only to a selected group of Wikipedia members) or semi-protected (anyone who has

Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...tsOnline?m=1060

"Early this year, amid heightened publicity about false information on the site, the community decided to introduce semi-protection of some articles," The New York Times reports about Wikipedia....

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New Directions at Wikipedia
NewsFactor Network, CA - 12 minutes ago
Wikipedia, famous for being an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, has discovered that handing editorial control to its users has certain drawbacks. ...