Dzubint (Thomas Dzubin)
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Wikipedia Vandalism and Recent Changes Patrol
I'm currently (2007) a "rookie" with Wikipedia's vandalism patrol, starting off by being a "Recent Changes Patroller",
Vandalism: although I value anonymity and privacy, I note that there are lots of people who like to vandalise while trying to remain anonymous (not Signing in to Wikipedia with a username and just using an IP). Luckily, reverting pages back to previous versions is easy and relatively painless. I like to patrol the old school way and load recent changes and check the (diff) links, but I have also used some of the other tools and will probably settle on using them eventually. The main problem with vandalism on Wikipedia, as I see it, is that the time it takes to vandalize is usually much less than the time it takes to un-vandalize. A quick page blanking or adding "poop" to a page can be done quickly, in under five seconds, but the time to revert/undo is generally longer (because you also have to add in the few seconds it takes to identify an edit as vandalism). This time discrepancy adds up.
I also watch the "Newbie Contributions" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/newbies
I also mark articles for deletion and "speedy delete". I wish people would "lurk" more before trying to create new articles and try to learn the ways of the Wikipedia community. I've recently tagged several articles with speedy-delete tags just because the subject was not-notable (see WP:NOTE). Wikipedia is also not a webspace provider (see WP:NOT#WEBSPACE) but many people seem to think that they can create articles (not user pages) about themselves, their group, or their band and have them think they will be kept.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a great starting point for research. However, I agree with many people that it should not be the source of research, but it should point you at sources while providing context and general information. A really nice history and view of Wikipedia can be found at: [1]
External Links
Slashdot discussion titled "Is Wikipedia Failing?" (I personally don't think so, but the discussion raises some good points)
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