Wikitorial

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Wikitorial is a term coined by the

beta" and suggested that it might be either a failure or a new form of opinion journalism
.

Jimmy Wales, head of the Wikimedia Foundation, which governs Wikipedia, was one of the early contributors to the new Wikitorial which inspired a counterpoint editorial, redirections and much discussion.

Closing

The L.A. Times Wikitorial was closed on June 19, 2005. This was due to a

pornographic
photos and just as quickly, within seconds, a guardian was reverting it to the earlier editorial. Shortly after 5:00 AM the connection was broken and the Wikitorial ceased to be available.

Readers who access the site find this message:

Where is the wikitorial?

Unfortunately, we have had to remove this feature, at least temporarily, because a few readers were flooding the site with inappropriate material.

Thanks and apologies to the thousands of people who logged on in the right spirit.

During the two days the Wikitorial was available it had changed from the original length (just under eleven hundred words) to just over twenty-seven hundred words. Several experienced Wikipedians offered suggestions for the organization of the Wikitorial.

References

  1. ^ Glaister, Dan. "LA Times 'wikitorial' gives editors red faces." The Guardian. Wednesday JUNE 22, 2005. Retrieved on December 4, 2009.

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