NYTimes story today on Michael Kinsley's efforts to breathe life into the op-ed pages of the LA Times:

• An online feature called "wikitorials" that allow readers to edit--and reedit--editorials
• A section called "Thinking Out Loud," where readers, op-ed and editorial writers get into local issues.

Apparently, Kinsley's ruffled some feathers, but these features sound like much needed new thinking for online news.

Update: Someone on the Online News list, whomI will not quote by name since I didn't have a chance to ask permission, thinks this is a bad idea and comments: "...Wikitorials"? Given the factthat Wikipedia, which I find terrific in every other way, is weakest and most problematic in areas of politics, does this strike anyone else as a calamity of Ishtar proportion?"

I think it is great...my interest is in letting citizens have at versioning local commentary..that sounds very satisfying.

Update 2: " Unfortunately, we have had to remove this feature, at least temporarily."