Wikipedia Begins Flagging Revisions
Wikipedia , the online encyclopedia anyone can write and edit, one of the top ten sites on the entire internet , the wonderfully useful if not fastidiously veracious repository of aggregate human knowledge, is becoming civilized. There's a new sheriff in town, and his name is "Flagged Revisions." Before the new content management system began governing changes, anyone could, in a manner of seconds, edit a Wikipedia article read by the entire world. The possibility of inaccurate or biased revisions has indeed sullied Wikipedia's reputation among academic purists. But with entries that are generally reliable and contain useful links to expand one's knowledge quest quickly and productively, Wikipedia has become the first stop for many amateur researchers and is now the "go to" site for those seeking basic information on topics and questions of general interest. (Following in Wikipedia's footsteps, even the venerable Encyclopedia Britan...