tightens editorial control of Wikipedia

It is a radical shift for the site, which ostensibly allows anyone to make changes to almost any entry. The two-month trial, which has proved controversial with some contributors, will start in the next "couple of weeks", according to a spokesperson.
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Peel of Wikimedia UK, a chapter of the organisation that operates Wikipedia, told the BBC. However, he said the trial had been approved in an an online poll, with 80 percent of 259 users in favor of the trial. wow account

The English version of Wikipedia, the self-described free, online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, has planned to install new restrictions to its editing system on articles regarding biographies of living people.

Under the new plan, edits made by new users to affected articles would have to be approved by a more experienced user before they would be registered.

The move is part of an effort to prevent vandalism and nonconstructive edits being made to high-profile pages and increase content quality. The system is called "flagged revisions".Wikimedia said the system was "essentially a buffer, to reduce the visibility and impact of vandalism on these articles". There have been several high-profile edits to pages that have given false or misleading information about a person. In January this year the page of US Senator Robert Byrd falsely reported that he had died. buy wow powerleveling

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said that there would be a "very, very low threshold to entry" for those who desired editorial rights. "We're looking atanybody who has been around a very short period of time and hasn't been blocked (banned)," he said.

Wikipedia has suffered much criticism since it was founded in 2001 vandalism and lack of authoritative references have led many to dismiss the free encyclopaedia as not being reliable.

If a page has a number of controversial edits or is repeatedly vandalised, editors can lock a page, so that it cannot be edited by everyone. For example,following initial reports of the death of Michael Jackson, editors had to lock down two pages to stop speculation about what had caused his death. "For these articles, flagged protection will actually make them more open," said Mr Peel.