Wikipedia may tighten editing rules

[rpm]

Wikipedia may tighten editing rules

Wikipedia is considering tightening its rules on who can edit the online encyclopedia after vandals last week changed the entries of two US senators to erroneously report that they had died.

 

[shadowfox]

Reckon its a good idea actually. I know it will irritate the people who like the freedom of editing the wiki - but there are way too many people with too much free time on their hands who like nothing better than to screw things up for other people.

I know they're a minority - but it's impossible to keep monitoring hundreds of pages to look for vandalism, because in some cases it can be a single word.

 

[LazyLion]

will be a good thing. Maybe have a rule that people submit proposed articles or changes in a forum setting. When they have proved themselves, then they get editing rights.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

This is a great idea. As shadowfox said, there are too many people with too much free time. This is especially true in school holidays and bored teenagers.

I remember that one of my friends changed our school logo to the swastika