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<div>Greetings, A quick thought...</div>
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<div>Introducing the CampaignWikia, Jimmy Wales wrote:</div>
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<blockquote>"<font color="#000000">I am launching today a new
Wikia website aimed at being a central meeting ground for people on
all sides of the political spectrum who think that it is time for
politics to become more participatory, and more
intelligent.</font>"</blockquote>
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<div>That is a noble thought, but are there concerns that
"political operatives," staff, volunteers or just very
enthusiastic supporters that don't grasp the wiki philosophy, would
become embroiled in change wars over pages? Could this lead to a high
number of pages being protected.</div>
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<div>Just pulling a random page (by clicking the random page
link!)</div>
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<div>http://campaigns.wikia.com/wiki/Pete_Ashdown</div>
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<div>In this very brief page, are there not points that could be
"<font color="#000000">edited mercilessly</font>" by Mr.
Ashdown's opponent's supporters.</div>
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<div>How can this be discouraged or prevented? Or more positively, how
can constructive and useful editing be encouraged in what I am
assuming will be a very contentious arena.</div>
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<div>Maybe I'm missing the bigger picture. Have I misunderstood the
intent of this wiki?</div>
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<div>Joe</div>
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