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第三十篇 Wikipedia1 Imposes New Curbs on Editing Articles Wikipedia, the famous online encyclopedia, is looking to impose morediscipline 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 wont register changes until they are approved by an experienced Wikipedia editor. If the sites 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 high-profile vandalism that has marred some pages. In one of the most recent embarrassments, US Democratic Senators Robert Byrd was prematurely declared dead by rogue 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 ha s set the criteria for experienced editor status relatively low. Users who are registered for a few days can give changes the OK, said Jay Walsh, a spokesman for the nonprofit | 
