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*Editorial quality review
*Editorial quality review


The article is nicely laid out. It contains sections that summarize each bulleted ussue above, but at the beginning of each section is a link to a page that covers the topic in full. Very nice architecture.
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editorial_oversight_and_control Wikipedia:Editorial oversight and control] discusses:<br>  
 
*User oversight, a well-written summary of why many contributors produce content that increasingly approaches truth. Includes great quotes from Linus Torvalds, IBM, and John Stuart Mill.
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines Category:Wikipedia guidelines]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_official_policy Category:Wikipedia official policy]
 
Wikipedia:3O (third opinion)
 
Wikipedia:ADMIN
 
Wikipedia:AIV
 
Wikipedia:Arbitration committee
 
Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep
 
Wikipedia:BB (be bold)
 
Wikipedia:Citing sources
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Collaborations Wikipedia:Collaborations]
 
Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus Wikipedia:Consensus] (this is a very important page in the opinion of [[User:RitcheyMT|Ritcheymt]])
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute Wikipedia:Dispute resolution]&nbsp;(important as per [[User:RitcheyMT|Ritcheymt]])
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_prove_a_point Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point]
 
Wikipedia:Disrupt
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:DISRUPT Wikipedia:Disruptive editing]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_a_fanatic Wikipedia:Don't be a fanatic]
 
Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to prove a point
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_Weekend Wikipedia:Editing Weekend]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war Wikipedia:Edit war]
 
Wikipedia:Five Pillars
 
Wikipedia:Forking
 
Wikipedia:Game
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GAME Wikipedia:Gaming the system]
 
Wikipedia:Help desk
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules Wikipedia:Ignore all rules]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal]
 
Wikipedia:NPOV (neutral point of view)
 
Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Practical_process Wikipedia:Practical process]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_protection Wikipedia:Protection policy]
 
Wikipedia:RfA&nbsp;
 
Wikipedia:Requests for comment
 
Wikipedia:Requests for comment and consultation


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_process Wikipedia:Requests for process]
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<br> The above link and the other Wikipedia Links have been put into table format


Wikipedia:RfM (request for mediation)
and can be found near the end of the article or by [[#WikipediaLinks|clicking here]].


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_rules_are_principles Wikipedia:The rules are principles]
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Wikipedia:Single-purpose account
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Wikipedia:Sock puppetry
 
Wikipedia:Vandalism
 
Wikipedia:Verifiability
 
Wikipedia:Village pump
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiLawyering Wikipedia:Wikilawyering]
 
Wikipedia:Wikiproject
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts]
 
[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Power_structure Wikipedia power structure]
 
Wisdom of the crowd


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*Contributors who disagree are unable to write alternative articles or versions to express their differing viewpoints. Ultimately there is only one page upon which all must edit.<ref name="WiSt">from "The wiki structure" in Wikipedia:Editorial oversight and control at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editorial_oversight_and_control</ref>
*Contributors who disagree are unable to write alternative articles or versions to express their differing viewpoints. Ultimately there is only one page upon which all must edit.<ref name="WiSt">from "The wiki structure" in Wikipedia:Editorial oversight and control at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editorial_oversight_and_control</ref>


== Ahas  ==
== '''Ahas ''' ==


#Wikipedia's policies are vetted and community-approved before becoming policies. So it seems there should be some way of requesting that an idea become policy, so that the community can be flagged and can vet the idea.
#Wikipedia's policies are vetted and community-approved before becoming policies. So it seems there should be some way of requesting that an idea become policy, so that the community can be flagged and can vet the idea.
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== '''Wikipedia Links''' (table)  ==
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|- id="WikipediaLinks"
! width="120" bgcolor="#e0efff" align="center" class="unsortable" scope="col" | link info
! width="300" bgcolor="#e0efff" align="center" scope="col" | Links
! bgcolor="#e0efff" align="center" scope="col" | Description
! width="80" bgcolor="#e0efff" align="center" scope="col" | start
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| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About Wikipedia:About] discusses:
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*Ed itorial administration, oversight and management
*Handling disputes and abuse
*Editorial quality review
 
The article is nicely laid out. It contains sections that summarize each bulleted ussue above, but at the beginning of each section is a link to a page that covers the topic in full. Very nice architecture.<br>
 
| align="center" | 1<br>
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| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editorial_oversight_and_control Wikipedia:Editorial oversight and control] discusses:<br>
| User oversight, a well-written summary of why many contributors produce content that increasingly approaches truth. Includes great quotes from Linus Torvalds, IBM, and John Stuart Mill. <br>
| align="center" | 2<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines Category:Wikipedia guidelines]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 3<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_official_policy Category:Wikipedia official policy]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 4<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Third_opinion Wikipedia:3O (third opinion)]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 5<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators Wikipedia:ADMIN]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 6<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AIV Wikipedia:AIV]<br>
| Administrator intervention against vandalism<br>
| align="center" | 7<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee Wikipedia:Arbitration committee]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 8<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_instruction_creep Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 9<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold Wikipedia:BB (be bold)]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 10<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources Wikipedia:Citing sources]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 11<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Collaborations Wikipedia:Collaborations]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 12<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest Wikipedia:Conflict of interest]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 13<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus Wikipedia:Consensus]<br>
| (this is a very important page in the opinion of [[User:RitcheyMT|Ritcheymt]])<br>
| align="center" | 14<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute Wikipedia:Dispute resolution]<br>
| (important as per [[User:RitcheyMT|Ritcheymt]])<br>
| align="center" | 15<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_prove_a_point Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point<br>]
| <br>
| align="center" | 16<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing Wikipedia:Disrupt]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 17<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:DISRUPT Wikipedia:Disruptive editing]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 18<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_a_fanatic Wikipedia:Don't be a fanatic]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 19<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_prove_a_point Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to prove a point]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 20<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_Weekend Wikipedia:Editing Weekend]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 21<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war Wikipedia:Edit war]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 22<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars Wikipedia:Five Pillars]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 23<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Forking Wikipedia:Forking]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 24<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GAME Wikipedia:Game]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 25<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GAME Wikipedia:Gaming the system]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 26<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk Wikipedia:Help desk]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 27<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules Wikipedia:Ignore all rules]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 28<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 29<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV Wikipedia:NPOV] (neutral point of view) <br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 30<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Polling_is_not_a_substitute_for_discussion Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion ]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 31<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Practical_process Wikipedia:Practical process ]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 32<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_protection Wikipedia:Protection policy]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 33<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RfA_Review Wikipedia:RfA] <br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 34<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment Wikipedia:Requests for comment ]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 35<br>
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| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_process Wikipedia:Requests for process ]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 36<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RFM Wikipedia:RfM] (request for mediation) <br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 37<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_rules_are_principles Wikipedia:The rules are principles]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 38<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_account Wikipedia:Single-purpose account ]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 39<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry Wikipedia:Sock puppetry] <br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 40<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism Wikipedia:Vandalism]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 41<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability Wikipedia:Verifiability]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 42<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [[wikipedia:Village%20pump|Wikipedia:Village pump]]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 43<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiLawyering Wikipedia:Wikilawyering ]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 44<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject Wikipedia:Wikiproject ]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 45<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts] <br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 46<br>
|-
| original link<br>
! align="left" | [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Power_structure Wikipedia power structure]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 47<br>
|-
| linked May2014<br>
! align="left" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd Wisdom of the crowd ]<br>
| <br>
| align="center" | 48<br>
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