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Contrary to what you might expect, Wikipedia has lost several functions and abilities over time. Typically these functionalities have been lost as collateral damage, when other concepts (combat vandalism, kooks, etc.) were introduced.
This is a wiki, please contribute to this list if you know anything I've missed.
Here's a list: