Wikipedia blocks 'disruptive' page edits from US Congress

[herding cats]

Wikipedia administrators have imposed a ban on page edits from computers at the US House of Representatives, following "persistent disruptive editing".

The 10-day block comes after anonymous changes were made to entries on politicians and businesses, as well as events like the Kennedy assassination.

The biography of former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld was edited to say that he was an "alien lizard".

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But he said that the @congressedits Twitter feed may have been counter-productive.

"There is a belief from some of the [Wikipedia] community that it only provoked someone - some prankster there in the office - to have an audience now for the pranks, and actually encouraged them rather than discouraged them."

He added: "Maybe someone at the House of Representatives better think about their IT staff - they might be hunting them down this very moment."

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28481876

Rumsfeld = Alien lizard made laugh!

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Aw, crap. There goes the credibility of Wikipedia.

Rumsfeld IS an alien lizard, fer Chrissake.

[awoke_in_2003]

5. My first thought was...

"You mean he isn't an alien lizard?"

[octoberlib]

2. Alien lizard

[joeybee12]

3. I don't blame them...he's not an alien lizard, but

an alien reptile of some sort that has yet to be determined.

[Faux pas]

4. HA HA HA

gotta love it!

[meow2u3]

6. Lemme guess who's been behind the disruptive edits

Teabagger staffers

[Jim Lane]

7. Wikipedia acted after receiving complaints from actual alien lizards. (n/t)

[Generic Other]

8. Everyone knows the lizard part is true!