On Wikipedia, Debating 2008 Hopefuls' Every Facet

ON WIKIPEDIA, DEBATING 2008 HOPEFULS' EVERY FACT
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Jose Antonio Vargas]
On Wikipedia.org, the write-it-yourself encyclopedia, everyone can be an editor, and every day thousands of them are engaging in fierce battles over the life stories of the 2008 presidential candidates. Many of those battles, so far, are over relatively small biographical details, but the stakes are high: Wikipedia is one of the 10 most visited Web sites, drawing 6 billion page views a month, according to the Web rating service Alexa. Type a candidate's name into Google, and among the first results is a Wikipedia page, making those entries arguably as important as any ad in defining a candidate. Already, the presidential entries are being edited, dissected and debated countless times each day.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709...
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