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I think it's a step forward because it recognises the world as it is, not as Wikipedia would like it to be. Some control is necessary, even if the necessity is viewed as regrettable.

Actually, this particular incident has prompted Wikipedia's Nr 1 detractor site, The Reg, to have another go at it. The following article, despite almost drowning in its own vitriol, does highlight what seem to be fairly fundamental flaws with Wikipedia:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/06/wikipedia_bio/



***(from article) it's an "emergent" sign of "collective intelligence"***

of something cultures already are?