QUOTE(wikiwhistle @ Sat 22nd March 2008, 1:17pm)
No- precisely- but it's a volunteer site. Like any other site, can only remove any libelous or inappropriate content when they are made aware of or see it. That is all that most sites, not just WP, have in their terms and conditions. Because no admins or mods can be monitoring their site every second- there'll always be some time delay before they find inappropriate content.
Do you thing WP should have some paid admins/mods, who have to systematically check articles? I think there would have to be a fair few to cover the millions of articles. Anyway, there would be a small time delay.
The thing is, most sites with user-contributed content are forums like this. They don't present random people's statements as encyclopedia articles. These sites say "this is a forum, on which users say things; they may or may not be accurate".
Wikipedia bills its articles as an encyclopedia, and that should not be done without someone who has said "yes, this information is accurate". Nor without someone who is responsible when the information is innaccurate.