Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Wikipedia Will Limit Changes on Articles About Living People - NYTimes.com

Check the full article for more details on this Wikipedia milestone

The new feature, called “flagged revisions,” will require that an experienced volunteer editor for Wikipedia sign off on any change made by the public before it can go live. Until the change is approved — or in Wikispeak, flagged — it will sit invisibly on Wikipedia’s servers, and visitors will be directed to the earlier version.

The change is part of a growing realization on the part of Wikipedia’s leaders that as the site grows more influential, they must transform its embrace-the-chaos culture into something more mature and dependable.

Wikipedia Will Limit Changes on Articles About Living People - NYTimes.com

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