[Foundation-l] Answers.com and Wikimedia Foundation to Form New Partnership

Chris Jenkinson chris at starglade.org
Mon Oct 24 10:20:20 UTC 2005


Jimmy Wales wrote:
> 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.

So, what will happen if someone edits the Tools page (and any other 
pages which reference this 1 click thingy), and removes all references 
to it? Will the Board be restating the link, even if it is constantly 
removed by contributors?

Chris



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