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Wikipedia’s new editing policy isn’t the end of the encyclopedia’s democratic age

October 26, 2009

This wiki-oligarchy presents its own sort of dangers. The movers and shakers of Wikipedia are largely hidden from public view and unaccountable for editorial decisions. It is fairly easy for one person to establish sovereignty over a less-trafficked page through sheer persistence and a solid command of the site’s Byzantine rules for resolving disputes.

via Wikipedia’s new editing policy isn’t the end of the encyclopedia’s democratic age. – By Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine.

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