Chris Jenkinson wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
It strikes me as absolutely impossible for *anyone* to exert influence over our content. Our very development model ensurees that.
Could you clarify this point please?
I'm not sure how to clarify it but I'll try. :-)
We use wiki software for the editing of the site. This means that anyone can change any article at any time. There are some rare exceptions, of course, for example the main page of the site, and at various times, articles which are protected for the purpose of dealing with vandalism.
Because anyone can edit any article at any time, there is an in-built mechanism for dealing with inappropriate influence over articles. Of course, for a limited period of time, an organized group or a really persistent editor can push an article to a position of bias for a time, but we have constantly developing processes (3RR, Arbcom, NPOV rules, etc.) to deal with that.
--Jimbo