I would like to propose the following.

Find a site that is owned by okfn or some other open knowledge organization. 
Copy the relevant wikipedia pages onto a page hosted by okfn. Make all the 
edits, revisions, changes, etc, on that page, the one hosted by okfn (or 
whoever). Then, when that version is final, sign it with the names of the 
people who made the changes. Next, make that page available to the public. That 
way, this page has credibility, because there are real names of real people, 
willing to show their names. Also, you don't have to worry about other people 
making random changes, so you don't have to monitor the page to revert changes 
you don't like.

Take that revised version, that is permanent and signed, and make the same 
changes to the wikipedia page, and, if possible, indicate on the wikipedia page 
where the permanent version is. That way, people can use the wikipedia page to 
get to the more credible, permanent page, that is hopefully also sponsored by 
the hosting organization.

The advantage of this approach is that you have a permanent page that is not 
subject to random changes by anyone and everyone. In addition, it also shows 
credibility, because you have people signing it with their real names.

I hope folks will consider this approach.


 
Gene
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