L.A. Times Wikitorial Plan is Short-lived June 21, 2005
The Associated Press reports that the L.A. Times plan to have wikitorials has ended after just three days. Wikitorials are editorial pages that can be edited by visitors to the L.A. Times online newspaper. The wikitorials had to be removed after they were filled with profanity and pornography. Wikipedia, one of the most popular wiki sites, has also seen problems from the format which allows
web visitors to make changes:
In fact, it's one of the chief challenges facing the best-known Wiki, Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia where any visitor can add, change and erase someone else's entry.
Some contributors have attempted to impose their personal viewpoints — for instance, by replacing an article on abortion with the word "murder" written 143 times.
