In France we are now J-2 to the final round of the presidential elections. On 2 May a debate on TV during prime time between the two last candidates, Segolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy, draw more than 20 million spectators out of 64 million inhabitants. One of the controversial issues was about nuclear energy, with a fight whether the European Pressurized Reactor //was considered 3rd or 4th generation. The interest of this fight was to show that one of the candidates was not up to date when it comes to technology and research. According to French radio the reaction of the wikipedia scene was instant: in the next couple of hours the article was changed 50 times. I don't see some 50 changes but the citation war starts at 2nd May, 22h34, just during the TV show. http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R%C3%A9acteur_pressuris%C3%A9_euro... Now the article on the EPR has been partially protected: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9acteur_pressuris%C3%A9_europ%C3%A9en I doubt that changing the content in the authoritative Internet encyclopedia will change the course of French history, but at least it shows the perceived impact of wikipedia on the public opinion of French Internet users. - Frank Thomas -- .......................................... Dr. Frank Thomas FTR Internet Research 93110 Rosny-sous-Bois France