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Some good stuff in that wiki thing. I read it took a fair bit of flack recently, but what I saw looks pretty sharp.

I still don;t really understand how it works though, if anyone can edit any page with the click of a button, what's to stop anyone posting falsehoods, or deleting whole pages of stuff?

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what's to stop anyone posting falsehoods, or deleting whole pages of stuff?

Absolutely nothing. In fact, Wikipedia has recently banned an IP address range that belongs to the US Congress offices, because people using said IPs kept revising entries about US politicians, removing parts that could be perceived as negative.

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Some good stuff in that wiki thing. I read it took a fair bit of flack recently, but what I saw looks pretty sharp.

I still don;t really understand how it works though, if anyone can edit any page with the click of a button, what's to stop anyone posting falsehoods, or deleting whole pages of stuff?

It saves old versions so the whole article or just a sentence can be reverted easily. Obviously this doesn't stop people posting rubbish, but it does mean that there is a quick and easy safety net. I see Dannik is posting, his explanation will far exceed mine... so... erm, read that instead.

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Indeed, Wikipedia has run head first into the inherent problem of public domain information sharing ... bogus info. In recent news, politicians are evidently having a hayday with their 15 minutes of fame through Wikipedia. I believe the bad light on Wikipedia began in November of last year when an ex-member of JFK's staff was purportedly linked to the ex-president's assassination on a joke posting on Wikipedia.

You know, try as I might, I still can't find that chick on the Red Square map. :huh:

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GhostRecon.net — The largest Ghost Recon community website, with news, forums, and numerous downloads. Free Rocky!!

:rofl:

OMG who did that?!!! It was not there when I first looked at that page!

What does Free Rocky mean anyway, I never understood that lol!

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Did you forget about the Free Rocky campaign from 3 years ago? Where you were put in "jail" and the members had to free you by finding clues (images) of who put you there.

The competition was fierce between Xavier Onasis and myself, but he edged me out by finding the last piece of the puzzle. :wall:

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Did you forget about the Free Rocky campaign from 3 years ago?  Where you were put in "jail" and the members had to free you by finding clues (images) of who put you there.

The competition was fierce between Xavier Onasis and myself, but he edged me out by finding the last piece of the puzzle.  :wall:

ZJJ, forgive Rocky for he is having a really bad brain fart. :whistle:

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