How Does Wikipedia Deal with Saboteurs?

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There was an interesting article in Fast Company’s April 2007 about Jimmy Wales new search venture, Wikia. (If you haven’t heard: he’s hoping to do for search what Wikipedia does for content, by using armies of volunteers to sift through search results.)

One quote from the article stuck out to me: “The way Wikipedia deals with saboteurs is to change them, not to
crush them,” says Tapscott. “They find something good about them and
embrace it. This attitude is what you need to make…