Wikipedia blocks United States Congress IP addresses

[Nomad559]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/United_States_Congress

Wikipedia has recently blocked a range of IP addresses belonging to the United States Congress due to staffers who have been engaging in revert wars regarding content associated with frequent politicians.

[HillDem]

1. It boiled over with Marty Meehan

But it didn't start with him

[chat_noir]

2. check out the edits!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Staffer_Edits

Richard Pombo (Removing referenced to possible ties to Jack Abramoff and many other npov yet politically damaging items),

Mark Green (removing references to "unethical campaign finance practices",references to his ties with Tom DeLay, and other unflattering details),

David Dreier (removing unflattering information about his 2004 campaign),

Bob Taft (removing ties to Abramoff)

MoveOn (changing liberal to "left-wing"),

2003 Invasion of Iraq (SAYING THERE WAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN IRAQ AND al Qaeda!!)

Randy Kuhl (removing scandal related information)

Nancy Pelosi (entering libelous statements)

[zwielicht]

3. Amazing! Wikipedia is a serious problem for fake democracy

And every new story about the enormous problems of those eevil wikipedia pinciples only makes more people start using it! :applause:
btw this is a standard routine against wikipedia abuse, but that they blocked their whole address range.. :rofl:
Check out this graph to see how dangerous the wikipedia "problem" has become: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=3y&compare_sites=microsoft.com&y=t&url=www.wikipedia.org/ :woohoo:

This needs to go to LBN! But which big news outlet would dare to report this :shrug:


(oh and i know, i don't really speak english, but i still feel the urge to post here sometimes, i'm sorry ;)

[Swamp Rat]

9. Wie gehts?

:hi:

[zwielicht]

10. ouch!

feeling great today, actually.. :hi:

obwohl ich viel zu wenig geschlafen habe.. unsere miesen regierungen müssen wir halt noch loswerden, sonst ist alles ok ;)


"At climate laboratories of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for example, many scientists who routinely took calls from reporters five years ago can now do so only if the interview is approved by administration officials in Washington, and then only if a public affairs officer is present or on the phone." http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/science/earth/29climate.html?pagewanted=2

[Swamp Rat]

11. Heute fühle ich auch besser,

aber ich bin sehr verärgert an meiner Regierung. :mad:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

4. Makes ya wonder how many of these staffers have accounts here.

[deminks]

5. Coleman staffer - check this out

http://www.fox23news.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=B87956D4-9FE2-48F0-B10F-2F713168B923

Coleman staff makes changes to Web encyclopedia bio

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Norm Coleman's staff made revisions to his biography in an online encyclopedia, putting a different spin on his record.

Wikipedia, an encyclopedia that relies on volunteers to post information, featured Coleman's biography as one of a half-dozen that had been edited by Senate employees. Although the Web site did not specify who edited them, Coleman's chief of staff, Erich Mische, confirmed that the senator's staff had done so.

He said the editing was done to correct inaccuracies and delete information that was not reflective of Coleman, a Minnesota Republican.

"They've got an edit provision on there for the sake of editing when things are not accurate," Mische said. "I presume if they did not want people to edit, they wouldn't allow you to edit."

[zwielicht]

6. Wikinews article with contribution lists

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Congressional_staff_actions_prompt_Wikipedia_investigation

[skids]

7. Slashdot story with updates, K&R.

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/30/2123219

[Swamp Rat]

8. Thanks!

n/t

[Craig3410]

12. K&R.

We joke about them rewriting history, and they go out and do it.

:pissed: