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PC World: rehabilitate itself

Source: Androscoggin News

Berlin : Germany | 2 months ago

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The Wikimedia Foundation , the parents behind the Wiki Empire, calls the new philosophy "flagged revisions." Changes to certain articles on the site are invisible until approved by an "experienced volunteer," which, according to Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales , may be "anybody who has been around...

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