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Article: Wikipedia to strengthen review of content; An older, wiser -- and more heavily edited -- Wikipedia ; English-language service to more extensively check articles on living people

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August 25, 2009
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NOAM COHEN
International Herald Tribune
08-25-2009
Wikipedia to strengthen review of content; An older, wiser -- and more heavily edited -- Wikipedia ; English-language service to more extensively check articles on living people
Byline: NOAM COHEN
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A new feature, called "flagged revisions," will require that an experienced Wikipedia editor sign off on any change made by the public before it can go live.

Wikipedia, one of the 10 most popular sites on the Web, was founded about eight years ago as a long-shot experiment to create a free encyclopedia from the contributions of volunteers, all with the power to edit, and presumably improve, the content.
Now, as the English-language ...

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