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Wikipedia plans to launch editorial controls

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Buenos Aires : Argentina | 3 months ago

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After eight years of allowing anyone to edit entries on Wikipedia, the non-profit foundation that runs the online encyclopedia is planning to add a feature that requires editors to sign off on some entries. The Wikimedia Foundation is planning on testing a feature called "flagged revisions," whereby...

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