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This page is an attempt to link to, categorize, | This page is an attempt to link to, categorize, and briefly describe the pages on Wikipedia that enable the community to govern themselves. | ||
== [[Image:Gavel.jpg|right|150px|Gavel.jpg]]Links to Wikipedia articles | == [[Image:Gavel.jpg|right|150px|Gavel.jpg]]Links to Wikipedia articles == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About Wikipedia:About] discusses: | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About Wikipedia:About] discusses: | ||
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== Details | == Details == | ||
=== Editorial administration, oversight and management<ref name="WikipediaAbout">from Wikipedia:About</ref> === | === Editorial administration, oversight and management<ref name="WikipediaAbout">from Wikipedia:About</ref> === | ||
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*Abuse of user accounts, such as the creation of "Internet sock puppets" or solicitation of friends and other parties to enforce a non-neutral viewpoint or inappropriate consensus within a discussion, or to disrupt other Wikipedia processes in an annoying manner, are addressed through the sock puppet policy. | *Abuse of user accounts, such as the creation of "Internet sock puppets" or solicitation of friends and other parties to enforce a non-neutral viewpoint or inappropriate consensus within a discussion, or to disrupt other Wikipedia processes in an annoying manner, are addressed through the sock puppet policy. | ||
In addition, brand new users (until they have established themselves a bit) may at the start find that their votes are given less weight by contributors in some informal polls, in order to prevent abuse of single-purpose accounts. | In addition, brand new users (until they have established themselves a bit) may at the start find that their votes are given less weight by contributors in some informal polls, in order to prevent abuse of single-purpose accounts. | ||
=== Editorial quality review<ref name="WikipediaAbout" /> === | === Editorial quality review<ref name="WikipediaAbout" /> === | ||
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*The control known as flagged revisions is being rolled out as of 2007[update]. It aims to differentiate the version shown to most readers, from the draft "cutting edge" version being edited, and in the first instance to only show the latter when it has been checked for reasonableness. Flagged revisions are expected to provide a powerful way to prevent most vandalism or poor quality edits from being seen by readers, once it is fully operational. | *The control known as flagged revisions is being rolled out as of 2007[update]. It aims to differentiate the version shown to most readers, from the draft "cutting edge" version being edited, and in the first instance to only show the latter when it has been checked for reasonableness. Flagged revisions are expected to provide a powerful way to prevent most vandalism or poor quality edits from being seen by readers, once it is fully operational. | ||
=== There is no inner circle | === There is no inner circle of contributors<ref name="WiSt" /> === | ||
....Another aspect is that because of the wide-open nature of the editorial process, there is no bottleneck of control through which the content can readily be controlled or massaged by any given individual or interest group. As well, all edits and actions, including past historical versions, are visible to all contributors. The Wiki model itself mitigates extremely strongly against control of articles being manipulated by any one interest group, as there are no obvious applicable points of weakness or "approved circle", through which editorial decisions must pass. As a result, maintaining vandalism or a specific viewpoint is all but impossible in the long term, and Wikipedia is extremely resilient long-term against bias, censorship, or manipulation of its articles. | ....Another aspect is that because of the wide-open nature of the editorial process, there is no bottleneck of control through which the content can readily be controlled or massaged by any given individual or interest group. As well, all edits and actions, including past historical versions, are visible to all contributors. The Wiki model itself mitigates extremely strongly against control of articles being manipulated by any one interest group, as there are no obvious applicable points of weakness or "approved circle", through which editorial decisions must pass. As a result, maintaining vandalism or a specific viewpoint is all but impossible in the long term, and Wikipedia is extremely resilient long-term against bias, censorship, or manipulation of its articles. | ||
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