Wikipedia censured?

What is the noise all about?
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales wants to control user edits on the hitherto open online encyclopaedia.

Why?
Well, it all started when changes were made to the pages of Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs and a US Senator claiming they were dead. When in reality they were quite alive.

What will happen now?
Each revision would, therefore, need to be moderated by Wikipedia legion of editors, whose appointment process is shrouded in a cloud of online secrecy.

Would this lead to major delays?
You bet. Wikipedia’s German language site has been using such a system for almost six months and revisions often take 20 days before they are approved.

Ouch! So, what can I do?
Use the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the one your grandfather had leather-bound copies of. Those guys are shifting to a more open, online editing system on their website.

—Kushan Mitra