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Obvious vandalism is generally easy to remove from wiki articles; in practice, the median time to detect and fix vandalism is a few minutes.[21][22] However, in one high-profile incident in 2005,false information was introduced into the biography of American political figure John Seigenthaler and remained undetected for four months.[53] John Seigenthaler, the founding editorial director of USAToday and founder of the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, called Wales and asked if he had any way of knowing who contributed the misinformation. Wales replied that he didnot, although the perpetrator was eventually traced.[54][55] This incident led to policy changes on the site, specifically targeted at tightening up the verifiability of all biographical articles ofliving people.[56]
ndent of the subject of the topic. Further, Wikipedia intends only to convey knowledge that is already established and recognized.[60] It must not present new information ororiginal research. A claim that is likely to be challenged requires a reference to a reliable source. Among Wikipedia editors, this is often phrased as "verifiability, not truth" to express the idea thatthe readers, not the encyclopedia, are ultimately responsible for checking the truthfulness of the articles and making their own interpretations.[61] This can lead to the removal of information that isvalid, thus hindering inclusion of knowledge and growth of the encyclopedia.[62] Finally, Wikipedia must not take a side.[63] All opinions and viewpoints, if attributable to external sources, mustenjoy an appropriate share of coverage within an article.[64] This is known as neutral point of view (NPOV).
Dispute resolution
Wikipedia has many methods of settling disputes. A "BOLD, revert,discuss" cycle sometimes occurs, in which an editor changes something, another editor reverts the change, and then the two editors discuss the issue on a talk page. When editors disregard this process –...