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26 Aug 2009 01:35

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Tech: Poll: Wikipedia’s about to limit edits to the site. Should they?

  • It’s for the common good or something. The New York Times reported yesterday that that big, crazy experiment in knowledge, Wikipedia, is about to make some big changes to its policy. Within a few weeks, the user-edited encyclopedia will have an extra layer of editing for articles on living people – a volunteer with a lot of time on their hands will approve each edit. It’s not too unlike what they do for really popular articles like Britney Spears or Barack Obama, except expanded to EVERY living person. What do you think – is this a road they should go down? Vote above. source

19 May 2009 10:27

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Biz, U.S.: Getting a copyright is even more tedious than usual nowadays

  • six months amount of time it took to get a copyright before they switched to electronic submissions
  • 18 months amount of time it takes now; no word on whether this is any faster than the App Store source