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Edit Wars (Wikipedia)
Articles on Wikipedia are subject to "edit wars" as authors dispute or remove the contributions of others. Red Herring, in an October 2004 article, identified the most contentious articles on the English Wikipedia by number of edits as: George W. Bush, John Kerry, Sexual slang, Jesus, Jew, Adolf Hitler, Recent deaths and Saddam Hussein. Wikipedians have attempted to avoid disputes through semipolicies such as "assume good faith" and "work toward agreement." Reagle argues that disputes consume significant time, cause editors to leave, cause distraction, and disrupt other topics.
The Shroud of Turin is no exception. It is not uncommon to find the article changing frequently. It is not uncommon to see points of view surface, disappear and reappear from day to day.
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