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问题 Wikipedia Imposes New Curbs (约束) on Editing Article Wikipedia, the famous online encyclopedia, is looking to impose more discipline with new restrictions on the editing of articles.
The latest changes come as Wikipedia tries to balance a.need for credibility and a desire for openness. While anyone can still edit entries, the site is testing pages that won't register changes until they are approved by an experienced Wikipedia editor. If the site's users respond well to the test run, the new restrictions will apply to all entries for living people in the next few weeks.
The idea is to block the kind of vandalism (故意破坏)that has damaged some pages. In one of the most recent embarrassments, US Democratic Senators Robert Byrd was prematurely declared dead by the editors. Still, Wikipedia risks discouraging legitimate editing if restrictions on changes or additions become too burdensome, keeping articles from getting better or keeping up with events.That may be especially true on more obscure pages with fewer active volunteers to approve edits timely.
Aware of the risks, Wikipedia has set the criteria for "experienced editor" status relatively low.Users who are registered for a few days can give changes, said Jay Walsh, a spokesman for the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the site.
A more uniform system for filtering changes on Wikipedia represents a step back from the site's original philosophy, which called for creating the collective knowledge of volunteer editors without any major restrictions.
Some observers believe Wikipedia must continue tightening editing policies if it wants to gain credibility. "I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop," said Erie Goldman, director of the High Tech Law Institute at the Santa Clara University School of Law. "My hope is that Wikipedia still exists and is still considered a useful site," Goldman said. "But it will be at that point a very tightly controlled site. It won't have that veneer (外表) of a site that anyone can contribute to. They haven't closed the drawbridge (吊桥) . People can still get in. But it keeps going up and up and up."
Separately, the Omidyar Network, a philanthropic (博爱的，慈善的) investment group started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, said on Tuesday it is committing $2 million over two years to the Wikimedia Foundation. Omidyar Network's grant will support Wikimedia's goals of bringing free educational content to people around the world and supporting more people to help create that content.
Which of the following statements about Wildpedia is true?（）
选项 A.This is the first time that Wikipedia imposes restrictions on the editing of entries.
B.People can still edit all the entries on the English site freely.
C.The current discipline imposed on the editing of articles is not strict so that cause embarrassments.
D.Wikipedia is now firmly sticking to its original philosophy.
答案C
解析判断题。题干：下列有关Wikipedia的说法哪项是真实的?这类题需要分别定位四个选项。从文中第一段“Wikipedia，the famous online encyclopedia，is looking to impose mor discipline with new restrictions on the editing of articles．”可知“Wikipedia正在寻求更多的规则来限定文章的编辑”，所以A“这是第一次建立这样的限制”和B“人们仍旧可以自由地在英语的网站编辑词条”都与原文信息不符合。利用选项C关键词embarrassmen 定位可以定位到第三段可知“当前的规则不够严格以至于造成了很多尴尬”与原文信息相符，因此选C。维基百科现在的对编辑词条的限制条件过于宽松，以致造成了许多尴尬情况发生。
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