via Yahoo! News,

Jimmy Wales described plans to offer print, CD, or DVD version of sections of Wikipedia for people in the developing world. Wales suggested that a first printing might be available by mid-2006 and noted, “I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.” Wales also denied the rumor that surfaced in August that Wikipedia articles might be frozen forever.

Wales said new software would be deployed from the end of the year that would allow changes to very active pages which might be prone to vandalism to appear on the site with a time delay, so members of the community could review them.

Enthusiasts had also been discussing whether to create “stable” versions of certain pages that would stand as the most recent reliable entry on a given topic. These would be available behind the latest contributed version and would also be updated as necessary, Wales said.

thanks Biewald