What is this, the Encyclopedia Britannica?
Changes to Wikipedia pages from now on will require editors approval
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, embarrassed by false reports of the death of Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd, wants future changes to the website’s 2.7 million entries to be approved by a group of editors before going live. Thousands of the site’s egalitarian-minded contributors and users aren’t happy.
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