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Wikipedia striving for balance on divisive issues


By Dina Kraft, JTA

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/wikipedia_striving_for_balance_on_divisive_issues_20091025/

From January’s war in Gaza to Holocaust denial, the world's largest collaborative encyclopedia has become a battlefield over history.Yet Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales says the online, ever-evolving encyclopedia, which is authored by volunteer contributors around the world, ultimately is able to forge balanced entries even when it comes to even the most contentious issues.

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