So we've all hear about the scandals of hotels improving their ratings on tripadvisor.com but now another internet leader, wikipedia.com is looking at their content and moving towards a more restricted content model. Why? I've seen it and I'm sure others agree that while wikipedia has a vast amount of content, the quality and credibility for several sections and articles fluctuates.
Does this imply that more and more sites are going to start creating complicated approval work-flows? No, but my expectation is that we will start to see more wide open sites implement more than the captcha human check box. Vs. the alternative of potentially undergoing a lot of scrutiny from poorly published content.
Additional article on Wikipedia changes
Wikipedia: Time for a reality check
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/25/wikipedias-big-news-its-fundamentally-unreliable/
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