Why not have a multi tier system in which articles are marked with their validity?<p>The internet will probably replace &quot;published sources&quot; becoming the place where &quot;original research&quot; is done.
If wikipedia hold on to this outdated standard of correctness it will fall into oblivion with the rest of paper media.<p>Wikipedia could have become the next publishing platform, with cryptographically signed articles&#x2F;papers, and cryptographically signed peer review.<p>I would rather trust a wikipedia article that has been signed by a thousand watchful eyes, than a scientific article that has been looked at by a couple researchers and publishers.