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Wikipedia Implementing New Editing Policy

In an effort to prevent inaccurate information from being posted on some of its articles, Wikipedia is implementing a new editing policy. This new policy applies to the English version of the encyclopedia. The way it works is that regular contributors will review articles written by new contributors. Although, readers will be able to see the unedited version if they choose to.

As for biographies or high profile articles, they will have to be reviewed before they are published. All this to avoid vandalism or information which could defame a person. Erik Moeller, deputy director of Wikimedia Foundation said in a blog post that the new changes in the policy are merely an improvement to the previous rule that prevented new contributors from editing very important articles.

[ InformationWeek ]