> But thats the key difference - wikipedia is not the news, and the news is not an encyclopedia. To go one step further: Wherever Wikipedia actually does appro

> But thats the key difference - wikipedia is not the news, and the news is not an encyclopedia. To go one step further: Wherever Wikipedia actually does approach the vicinity of "news" (i.e. articles about current events/politics/persons etc.), it has been shown time and again to be prone to manipulation just like your scenarios for wikitribune, and that it actually doesn't work very well in this area.