If you read his entry on Wikipedia in the last week, you might have found out that Ted Kennedy passed away. He, along with fellow Senator Robert Byrd, got to experience the trauma of reading their own obituaries. Of course, that didn’t actually happen. The two politicians are alive and doing alright.
This isn’t the first time that events such as this have happened to the community-edited encyclopedia, but the latest incident seems to have served as the catalyst for limiting the number of edits and the approval of edits. Cnet News reports that the change in policy comes at an interesting time, with the traditional encyclopedia publisher Britannica to begin offering ‘user entries’ for topics. It would appear that two extremes of publishing information (edited by users versus by experts) are learning a thing or two from each other.
Full story: Wikipedia considers limiting user edits – cnet News
Thanks to Ronna for the link!
