It's now been over 2 years since I explained why I thought Wikipedia's editing process to be hopelessly broken, so it is with obvious satisfaction that I read this news report essentially acknowledging what I was getting at: that Wikipedia's "allow anybody to edit anything" paradigm sets the bar too low for vandals, trolls and fanatics with personal agendas, while discouraging anyone with expertise whose time is too valuable to be spent in drawn-out edit wars.
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