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Happened to be looking at a story on Yahoo today. They were talking about Emile Lahoud (president of Lebanon) Yahoo link[^]. What do I see at the bottom of the short article? Profile: Emile Lahoud[^] (Wikipedia) Have to say I was surprised that Yahoo was treating wikipedia like an official encyclopedia. Since they link to the "current" Emile Lahoud page, someone could go and quickly edit the page. All the Yahoo readers would be reading whatever the latest writer wrote. ----------------------------------------------------- Empires Of Steel[^]
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Happened to be looking at a story on Yahoo today. They were talking about Emile Lahoud (president of Lebanon) Yahoo link[^]. What do I see at the bottom of the short article? Profile: Emile Lahoud[^] (Wikipedia) Have to say I was surprised that Yahoo was treating wikipedia like an official encyclopedia. Since they link to the "current" Emile Lahoud page, someone could go and quickly edit the page. All the Yahoo readers would be reading whatever the latest writer wrote. ----------------------------------------------------- Empires Of Steel[^]
Brit wrote: All the Yahoo readers would be reading whatever the latest writer wrote Yes, that is how Wikipedia works.
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Happened to be looking at a story on Yahoo today. They were talking about Emile Lahoud (president of Lebanon) Yahoo link[^]. What do I see at the bottom of the short article? Profile: Emile Lahoud[^] (Wikipedia) Have to say I was surprised that Yahoo was treating wikipedia like an official encyclopedia. Since they link to the "current" Emile Lahoud page, someone could go and quickly edit the page. All the Yahoo readers would be reading whatever the latest writer wrote. ----------------------------------------------------- Empires Of Steel[^]
It does work that way, but a history is kept of all versions, so if someone comes and trashes the current article, when someone notices (very soon, with the amount of traffic Wikipedia has), he can revert to the previous version. -- LuisR
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Happened to be looking at a story on Yahoo today. They were talking about Emile Lahoud (president of Lebanon) Yahoo link[^]. What do I see at the bottom of the short article? Profile: Emile Lahoud[^] (Wikipedia) Have to say I was surprised that Yahoo was treating wikipedia like an official encyclopedia. Since they link to the "current" Emile Lahoud page, someone could go and quickly edit the page. All the Yahoo readers would be reading whatever the latest writer wrote. ----------------------------------------------------- Empires Of Steel[^]
And then one of thousands of Wikipedians will revert it back to the correct data. There are more good guys than bad guys is the deal. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
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And then one of thousands of Wikipedians will revert it back to the correct data. There are more good guys than bad guys is the deal. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
Paul Watson wrote: thousands of Wikipedians will revert it back to the correct data Absolutely - According to their statistics[^] in October 2004 they recieved 6 million page requests by 392,000 visitors.
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And then one of thousands of Wikipedians will revert it back to the correct data. There are more good guys than bad guys is the deal. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
I have been interested on how this all works but have not had the time to dig. Curious, if anyone can change anything and then others can revert back to older versions, what happens if someone wants to keep information off a topic and just reverts to previous versions when others make proper changes? That is, does the site keep the new versions when someone Reverts a page back to an older version? Rocky <>< Enhanced Kites..[^]
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I have been interested on how this all works but have not had the time to dig. Curious, if anyone can change anything and then others can revert back to older versions, what happens if someone wants to keep information off a topic and just reverts to previous versions when others make proper changes? That is, does the site keep the new versions when someone Reverts a page back to an older version? Rocky <>< Enhanced Kites..[^]
Rocky Moore wrote: what happens if someone wants to keep information off a topic and just reverts to previous versions when others make proper changes? An edit war starts. For an example go to the "Anne Frank[^]" page on Wikipedia and click the history tab - You will see lots of edits made within minutes of each other as Holocaust Deniers attempt to change the content of the page and normal people attempt to correct the page. Rocky Moore wrote: That is, does the site keep the new versions when someone Reverts a page back to an older version? The site maintains a complete history of all changes (Although the admins admit that some of the history in the early days, 2001, is incomplete). It is possible for the site admins to protect a page, however the policy is not to do this unless necessary and allow the "editors" (i.e. normal users) police the site. There are guidlines on Resolving Desputes[^]
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Rocky Moore wrote: what happens if someone wants to keep information off a topic and just reverts to previous versions when others make proper changes? An edit war starts. For an example go to the "Anne Frank[^]" page on Wikipedia and click the history tab - You will see lots of edits made within minutes of each other as Holocaust Deniers attempt to change the content of the page and normal people attempt to correct the page. Rocky Moore wrote: That is, does the site keep the new versions when someone Reverts a page back to an older version? The site maintains a complete history of all changes (Although the admins admit that some of the history in the early days, 2001, is incomplete). It is possible for the site admins to protect a page, however the policy is not to do this unless necessary and allow the "editors" (i.e. normal users) police the site. There are guidlines on Resolving Desputes[^]
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Thanks for the info! Rocky <>< Enhanced Kites..[^]