Wikipedia, and possibly Google, have scrubbed Sarah Palin's AIP membership?

[Brotherjohn]

When I posted this earlier this morning ("So for all the Obama innuendo, Palin ACTUALLY IS a radical trying to infiltrate our government!" http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6879295&mesg_id=6879295), I looked up Sarah Palin on Wikipedia to see when she quit the AIP.

Wikipedia said she was on the Wasilla City Council from 1994-1996, and that her party was the Alaskan Independence Party. This was in the right hand column, under "City Council Member, Wasilla, Alaska". It said something to the effect of "1994-1996, Alaskan Independence Party... 1996-1998, Republican Party".

CLEAR. AS. DAY.

That's how I found out when she switched parties to Republican.

That was THIS MORNING.

Then, when I go back to her Wikipedia page this afternoon, I see, in the same spot:
"City Council Member, Wasilla, Alaska... 1992-1996" (I could swear it had 1994-1996 and 1996-1998 in the AM, but I could have mis-read the years, and that's not really relevant anyway). There is now no mention of party, except just below, in the general bio section, where it says "Political party Republican (1982 - Present)".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin

That's all fine and dandy; it's a fluid situation, and I know Wikipedia is adding to her bio by the minute. They apparently have accepted the McCain campaign's line that she has always been Republican. There is now a mention that she has been "close" to the AIP and official records show she has always been a Republican.

But then when I go to the Google cache, I see the SAME information, in the SAME format, with NO mention of the AIP in her party affiliation during her first two years as on the City Council. And the Google cache page says "It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on Aug 30, 2008 13:33:10 GMT."
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:wPu4ia1Ld8EJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin+sarah+palin+wikipedia&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

But that is simply NOT the case (unless they put AIP in her bio and then removed it in the intervening time, and reverted it to looking exactly as it did on August 30th). I KNOW it was there!!

Her AIP membership has been "scrubbed from the record".

I hate to put it on, but:
:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:

ON EDIT after reading replies:
Okay, maybe I jumped the gun and I've taken of the tinfoil hat (which I hardly ever wear!). But I still think the whole thing stinks to high heaven, and I think her "affiliation" with AIP is much closer than she'll ever admit. The fact that her husband was a member until recently says a lot..

[merwin]

You can always check Wikipedia history and see what the page looked like at that time.

I doubt Google scrubbed it.

[weezie1317]

1. Then put it back up on Wikipedia! ()

[demo dutch]

2. doesn't matter the genie is out of the bottle

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. You are clueless about Wikipedia. Here's the real story:

You are totally clueless about Wikipedia. Here's the real story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sarah_Palin#Claims_of_AIP_membership_seem_premature

[grantcart]

4. McCain has already admitted it

and now TPM has her husband's record

[Selatius]

5. Wikipedia is edited by READERS, it is not Wikipedia's own doing.

The readers who are editing out her record are probably REPUBLICAN OPERATIVES.

[Chan790]

6. That would make sense except...

the AK GOP hates her. She tried to indict the state party chair (Randy Ruedrich) and she less than a month ago laughed at the AK Senate President, Lyda Green, for having cancer. The Speaker of the House when asked to discuss her qualifications said she was old enough and born in the US. A ringing endorsement that.

Nope. There is a well-respected prominent editor (who is acting poorly IMO) over at Wikipedia who has made that page his personal project and is determined to keep it scandal-free and call that "in accordance with NPOV". He worked with the guy who "cleanwashed" the page the first time before the announcement too by his own admission. It's all in the discussion forums for any editor to see.

[book_worm]

7. Was she a member or only the husband?

[anigbrowl]

8. Please wise up on Wikipedia

"That's all fine and dandy; it's a fluid situation, and I know Wikipedia is adding to her bio by the minute. They apparently have accepted the McCain campaign's line that she has always been Republican. There is now a mention that she has been "close" to the AIP and official records show she has always been a Republican."

There is no 'they' there. Wikipedia is edited by users; you can edit it too if you have information to add or correct. You can also access the history tab at the top of the page and review the entire editing history of the page.

[HooptieWagon]

9. McCain's vetters aren't vetting, they're scrubbing... n/t

[Brotherjohn]

10. Okay okay OKAY! I know generally how Wikipedia works...

... but I am not going to get up there and do a presto change-o and edit it. I see there has been discussion on it already. I see that it had been under some review and probably changed based on McCain's rebuttal.

I can't figure out how to retreive the version I looked at earlier in the day, but I'm sure I can take off the :tinfoil: now.

But I do think maybe they're erring on the side of caution. And it sure makes a good talking point (that she's "close to" a secessionist organization).