A verifiability meter is a reasonable suggestion, but it won&#x27;t stop make much of a difference to Wikipedia&#x27;s deeper problems, most of which come down to the use of the wiki as a content creation tool in the first place. For those interested, I&#x27;ve written an outline of Wikipedia&#x27;s software problems [1]. None of these problems are going to be fixed any time soon -- the leadership simply isn&#x27;t there.<p>[1]<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;newslines.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;wikipedias-13-deadly-sins&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;newslines.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;wikipedias-13-deadly-sins&#x2F;</a>