Wired News is running a feature that outlines how spam and vandalism are defiling the ideals of Web 2.0. Specific cases cited, such as Wikipedia for its inconsistent quality and Flickr for its photo ads are both resigned to the reality that extensive policing is required to maintain authenticity and prevent the appearance of vulgarities and advertisements. Wikipedia is planning on implementing a new open source model which gives the power to a selected community of overseers to seal articles from future edits that satisfy quality requirements.

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The Philoneist Says: Hopefully Wikipedia will employ a system that easily allows any user to suggest article revisions in the venerable spirit of their original mission statement.