Congress takes action on Wikipedia abuse . . .
posted by Kaimipono D. Wenger
. . . but not the kind of action you might be thinking. A law against Wikipedia abuse? An investigation? A blue-ribbon panel? Nope — our fearless political leaders have decided to take up the rallying cry “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Declan McCullagh has the story (via my sharp-eyed, non-Wikipedia-abusing colleague Deven Desai):
The trusty editors at Wikipedia got together and compiled a list of over 1,000 edits made by Internet addresses allocated to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The IP address subsequently was blocked and unblocked.
An extensive analysis reveals how juvenile official Washington secretly is, behind the mind-numbingly serious talk of public policy.
One edit listed White House press secretary Scott McClellan under the entry for “douche.” Another said of Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma) that: “Coburn was voted the most annoying Senator by his peers in Congress. This was due to Senator Coburn being a huge douche-bag.”
It boggles the mind to think that Congress is abusing Wikipedia. I mean, if we can’t trust Congress, and we can’t trust Wikipedia . . . my goodness — who can we trust?
January 31, 2006 at 5:59 pm
Posted in: Technology, Wiki
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Responses (3)
Orin - January 31, 2006 at 6:37 pm
Good one.
Ian - February 1, 2006 at 10:00 am
Isn’t there something terribly humorous about a private organization censoring the government? That is the kind of technology-induced irony that gets me out of bed in the morning.
John00 - March 3, 2008 at 11:10 am
Please help me with ‘Singapur’ in Wikipedia Spain, please, please
Wikipedia Spain have delete last modifies to the link ‘Singapur’ and my discusion. I have the yesterday screenshots. I need help for this, many people are involve in this matter so dark. When I upload the screenshots? Please, help me.
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