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by Asmod4n 2261 days ago
I believe the German version of Wikipedia had(has?) a feature where you only get verified versions of a page when you browse it anonymously.
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hk__2 2261 days ago
> I believe the German version of Wikipedia had(has?) a feature where you only get verified versions of a page when you browse it anonymously.

What’s a “verified version”? Who verifies?

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fragmede 2260 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability
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hk__2 2260 days ago
Verifiability is about the ability to check some information using reliable sources ; it has nothing to do with having “verified versions” of pages.
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hn_101 2260 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes
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hk__2 2260 days ago
Thanks, that’s more like this.
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