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Anyone can edit any Wikipedia article.
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Is it true that anyone can edit any Wikipedia article?
Partly. Several sources repeat Wikipedia's 'anyone can edit' slogan or note that most articles can be edited by anyone, while others qualify it, noting protected pages, restricted editing, and participation imbalances. No retrieved item settles the unqualified claim that anyone can edit any Wikipedia article.
Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 8 sources for, 2 against · Last checked
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Mattus, M. (2014). The Anyone-Can-Edit Syndrome: Intercreation Stories of Three Featured Articles on Wikipedia. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2014-0112
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Can Anyone Edit?. (2023). doaj.org. https://doaj.org/article/8bb60c8d013b404a99fd1e9bcb353b95
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Golfer sues law firm over Wikipedia article defacement. (2024). en.wikinews.org. https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Golfer_sues_law_firm_over_Wikipedia_article_defacement
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Dylan, B. M., S, H. E., E, P. A., Lee-Anne, U., Tatyana, P., & Eunkyung, S. (2014). References that anyone can edit: review of Wikipedia citations in peer reviewed health science literature.. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3944683
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LA, M., JM, W., JA, C., NA, S., PC, M., & JE, D. (2020). Integrating Wikipedia editing into health professions education: a curricular inventory and review of the literature.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-020-00620-1
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Wikipedia:You can and cannot change Wikipedia - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:You_can_and_cannot_change_Wikipedia
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Yun, J., Lee, S. H., & Jeong, H. (2015). Intellectual interchanges in the history of the massive online open-editing encyclopedia, Wikipedia. arxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.012307
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How anthropogenic climate change prevailed: A case study of controversies around global warming on Portuguese Wikipedia. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819838227
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No, Wikipedia didn’t get Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman’s birthdate wrong. (2019). hal.science. https://doi.org/10.64628/AAK.dpc7hjqyu
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DuBose, T. (2023). Can Anyone Edit?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.31719/pjaw.v7i2.144
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