Blocking Schools from Editing Wikipedia
Andy Carvin has a good post today about schools being blocked from editing Wikipedia. Not blocked by their district, but blocked by Wikipedia itself. Apparently there was a long history of vandalism of articles from that school’s IP address, and so they cut them off. They can still visit the site and read the articles, but no longer make changes.
The posting itself gives a good overview of how the Wikipedia community works, too. I didn’t know about watchlists or user talk pages, for instance. Now I have a better grasp of how the Wikipedia works, and I also feel a need to go and find out more!