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How Wikipedia spots vandalism on its pages by looking for dirty words inserted by teenagers. Plus, what bees can teach us about management skills and mentoring.

Wikipedia claims to be "not only enormous and free, but reliable". But the fact that the public can edit its online encyclopedia makes it more than a touch anarchic and sometimes less than reliable.

Now Wikipedia is using new strategies to spot vandalism on its pages by looking for words like 'poop' inserted by teenagers. Lesley Curwen talks to Sue Gardner, who is the executive director of Wikimedia, the non-profit group which runs Wikipedia.

Plus, author of 'The Wisdom of Bees', Michael O'Malley explains what bees can teach us about management skills and mentoring.

And, why Europe's problems are infecting the global economy, according to Irwin Stelzer,
Director of Economic Policy Studies at the Hudson Institute, and columnist for the Sunday Times newspaper.

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Fri 3 Dec 2010 08:32GMT

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