Wikipedia May Screen Changes to Popular Pages Prior to Publication
In "Wikipedia Bolts Its Open Door," Giles Hattersley reports that Jimmy Wales will propose that changes to popular Wiki pages (e.g., biographies of living persons) be screened by "core users" prior to publication on the site.
Wales is quoted as saying:
One of the great misconceptions about us is this idea that Wikipedia is anti-elitist. That’s just wrong. We are actually extremely snobby . . . . These core users really manage and enforce our standards. If it weren’t for them Wikipedia would be chock full of rubbish.
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