[Web4lib] Problems with Wikipedia

[Meredith Farkas]

According to the revision history of the page, that vandalism was reverted
three minutes after it was posted. Someone from the same IP address (the
same person I'm sure) also vandalized the Battle of Hastings page yesterday
too and that was reverted two minutes later. If anything this is an example
of the incredible level of commitment to quality and accuracy often
demonstrated by Wikipedia editors. There is a fine line between protection
and restriction, and in a wiki community, one runs the risk of instituting
so many restrictions that people don't feel comfortable or compelled to
post.

Meredith

On 1/3/07, Mezynski, Andrzej <mezynsab at lacitycollege.edu> wrote:
>
> It's gone already! Good, but ... not good enough :-(
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Mezynski, Andrzej
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 5:25 PM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] Problems with Wikipedia
>
>
> Seems that Wikipedia has serious problems with guarding its content from
> hateful/stupid additions.
> For example today (January 3, 2007) a student found such entry in
> biography of Mother Teresa:
> "at age nine the stupid bitch left home" (end of first paragraph).
> I hope it disappear son, but it is there now :-(
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
>
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