Edits originating from IP addresses owned by Democrats, the House of Representatives, Senate Sergeant of Arms personnel, and others are revealed by a new tool called WikiScanner. Slashdot covers the tool and points to an interesting contest:
“Caltech grad student Virgil Griffith has launched a search tool that uncovers whitewashing and other self-interested editing of Wikipedia. Users can generate lists of every edit to Wikipedia which has been made from a particular IP address range. The tool has already uncovered a number of interesting edits, such as one from the corporate offices of Diebold which removed large sections of content critical of their electronic voting machines. A Wired story provides more detail and Threat Level is running a contest to see who can come up with the most interesting Wikipedia spin job.”
Let the scanning begin.
Update:
They’re busy in the House. Topics of interest include masturbation, prostitutes, gay musicians, buttocks, LGBT Jews, bow tie wearers, effeminancy, and May-December romances.
Update II:
Someone at the DNC edited, butchered really, Rush Limbaugh’s Wikipedia entry.
Update III:
Wikipedia EditGate: United Nations Edits Fallaci: ‘Racist Whore’
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