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Author Topic: Wikipdedia change - only members can create new articles  (Read 3732 times)

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Wikipdedia change - only members can create new articles
« on: December 05, 2005, 05:18 PM »
http://news.com.com/...81119.html?tag=st_lh

this is particularly relevant given our discussion here a few weeks ago where i lamented the lack of access / content creation control in most wiki implementeations.

To critics of Wikipedia--which, in a spin on the open-source model, lets anyone create and edit entries--the news was further proof that the service has no accountability and no place in the world of serious information gathering.
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