Saturday, January 24, 2009
Wikipedia considers limiting user edits
"Just as Encyclopedia Britannica is moving in the direction of user-based entries, Wikipedia might soon be clamping down on theirs.
Wikipedia is apparently considering instituting a new editorial process that would put better safeguards in place and require all updates to be approved by a "reliable" user. The so-called Flagged Revisions process would allow registered, trusted editors to publish changes to the site immediately. All other edits would be sent to a queue and would not be published until they get approved by one of Wikipedia's trusted team of editors."
This proposal came after someone posted a false entry saying Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd had died after an inaugural luncheon last week.
The German version of Wikipedia has been using this system for awhile now, but it does have a flaw-- edits have a delay of up to 3 weeks before they get approved.
"'Our version should show very minimal delays (less than 1 week, hopefully a lot less),' wrote Wales (Wikipedia founder), 'because we will only be using it on a subset of articles, the boundaries of which can be adjusted over time to manage the backlog.'"
Whew, well, I guess that would be a good idea, and so did 60 percent of the users polled. I wonder if this would allow us students to use Wikipedia...? W-wait, maybe not, because they will be only using it on some articles, and it's not clear yet what articles that would be. Oh well, at least now Wikipedia's a little more reliable, eh? C:
J, Guevin (2009, 1, 24). Wikipedia considers limiting user edits.
CNet, Retrieved January 24, 2009, from
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10149648-93.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0
Wikipedia is apparently considering instituting a new editorial process that would put better safeguards in place and require all updates to be approved by a "reliable" user. The so-called Flagged Revisions process would allow registered, trusted editors to publish changes to the site immediately. All other edits would be sent to a queue and would not be published until they get approved by one of Wikipedia's trusted team of editors."
This proposal came after someone posted a false entry saying Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd had died after an inaugural luncheon last week.
The German version of Wikipedia has been using this system for awhile now, but it does have a flaw-- edits have a delay of up to 3 weeks before they get approved.
"'Our version should show very minimal delays (less than 1 week, hopefully a lot less),' wrote Wales (Wikipedia founder), 'because we will only be using it on a subset of articles, the boundaries of which can be adjusted over time to manage the backlog.'"
Whew, well, I guess that would be a good idea, and so did 60 percent of the users polled. I wonder if this would allow us students to use Wikipedia...? W-wait, maybe not, because they will be only using it on some articles, and it's not clear yet what articles that would be. Oh well, at least now Wikipedia's a little more reliable, eh? C:
J, Guevin (2009, 1, 24). Wikipedia considers limiting user edits.
CNet, Retrieved January 24, 2009, from
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10149648-93.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0
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