Congress 'made Wikipedia changes' (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Online reference site Wikipedia blames US Congress staff for partisan changes to a number of political biographies.

Computers traced to Capitol Hill removed unpalatable facts from articles on senators, while other entries were "vandalised", the site said.

An inquiry was launched after staff for Democratic representative Marty Meehan admitted polishing his biography.
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The site lists half a dozen prominent biographies that had been changed by Senate computers, including those of Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman, California Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa.
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more at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4695376.stm

[bluestateguy]

1. Sleazy as this may be

is it illegal? I'm not so sure.

[wyldwolf]

2. I agree. Sleazy. But legal

wiki doesn't take great pains to verify facts and are often biased one way or another. But they are human-edited and, thus, "welcome" people to add what they will.

[formernaderite]

4. not illegal...just highly pathetic and embarassing

but typical of people full of their own self-importance.

[Benfea]

6. Illegal != moral

Of course it's not illegal, but it is pretty damned sleazy. I'm sure there are Republicans doing the same thing, but that doesn't make it right.

[NoFederales]

3. LMFAO; no more credible than the Morman's Genealogy site or a

Who's Who In (My Fantasy) America? I did not know this about Wikipedia.

NoFederales

[Benfea]

5. What I don't get is why anyone is surprised by this.

If you want to use Wikipedia to look up some obscure academic fact or some obscure bit of pop culture trivia, then great, but anyone who thinks politicians aren't out there editing these things for political gain day in and day out is delusional.