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Re:Ten years ago Wikipedia was widely considered a doomed ex... by Nimitz14 on Monday November 02, 2015 @11:10AM (#10492636)
> Think about it - the first and most definitive, accessible source on any subject you don't know anything about, is something strangers on the Internet can collaboratively edit, troll, or subtlely subvert.

That's not true. Go to this page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_celebrities

pick a list and add yourself into it. Within an hour your change will have been reverted.

This claim that anybody can edit wikipedia is bullshit and rather annoying.

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Re:Ten years ago Wikipedia was widely considered a doomed ex... by DanBC on Monday November 02, 2015 @11:18AM (#10492702)
You've pointed out one page that has good monitoring. There are plenty of pages that don't have anybody watching them where changes can be made.
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Re:Ten years ago Wikipedia was widely considered a doomed ex... by JoeAltmaier on Monday November 02, 2015 @11:21AM (#10492722)
Still the point is valid - the wildcard "anybody can edit" is not at all true, for many of the most 'followed' pages. Which are the one that are most interesting to change.

I've had old company listings disappear because they had no links. The company is gone! History! Nothing to link to. So that meant some busybody made it their job to delete that piece.

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