BBC NEWS | Technology | Paper's 'wikitorial' trial halted: "US newspaper, The Los Angeles Times, has temporarily ended its short-lived trial which gave readers the chance to edit its editorials on its website.
The online version of the paper started its 'wikitorial' experiment last week. It was meant to give readers a 'voice'.
It was suspended after it was bombarded with inappropriate material. But the paper said it might try the idea again.
Wikis, from the Hawaiian 'wiki wiki' meaning 'quick', let people collectively change or add to webpages.
They have spawned collectively written encyclopedias, cookbooks and other publications.
In a statement, The LA Times said the wikitorial would stay offline while it looked at what happened and how to prevent it from happening again.
It said: 'We thank the thousands of people who logged onto the Wikitorial in the right spirit.'"
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