Japanese Bureaucrats Reprimanded for Wikipedia Editing

sufijazz writes "Six bureaucrats in the Japanese agricultural ministry have been reprimanded for working on the job ... for Wikipedia. The six officials were publicly chastised for editing hundreds of Wikipedia entries during work hours. These included over 250 entries about robots in anime. '"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam," said a ministry official, Tsutomu Shimomura ... The ministry's internal inquiry followed recent media allegations that a growing number of Japanese public servants were contributing to the internet encyclopaedia, which anyone can edit, often to reflect their personal views. The ministry verbally reprimanded each of the six officials, and slapped a ministry-wide order to prohibit access to Wikipedia at work, while disabling access to the site from the ministry, Mr Shimomura said. '"

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People have been goofing off at work for

[Tablizer]

...millions of years[1]. This is not new. If you plug up one outlet, they'll just find another.

[1] Thog, you to kill it, not fuck it. Eat first, fun later [Bonk!]

Re:People have been goofing off at work for

[speilberg0]

This is not new. If you plug up one outlet, they'll just find another.

[citation needed]

Re:People have been goofing off at work for

[speaker of the truth]

[citation needed] {{fact|date=October, 2007}}

Tell me..

[nrgy]

When each were informed of the reprimanded did they magically morph into giant robots and go Super Saiyan 5? Super mega kung-fu energy blasts must of been flying all over the place.

So which ministry is in charge of Gundam then?

[gmezero]

Eh?

Wrong Ministry

[SEWilco]

OK, so the Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam. Which Ministry is in charge of Gundam?

Re:Wrong Ministry

[DDLKermit007]

As these guys have demonstrated. The Otaku Ministry.

Re:Wrong Ministry

[renrutal]

Which Ministry is in charge of Gundam? The Great Unified National Defensive Airfoces Ministry is.

i can literally see this becoming a meme.

[erlehmann]

"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam."
srsly, what were they smoking, err thinking ?

Re:Censorship

[flyingsquid]

Don't you see what is really going on here? The Japanese government is trying to stop leaks from the ministry about their top secret military research. This includes their top-secret giant robot research, and their genetic laboratory's efforts to create a race of super-soldiers with spiky blonde hair!

Hmm, this sounds familiar...

[Spy der Mann]

Um... no? You're at work, do your job. Don't screw off editing Gundam articles on Wiki.

CmdrTaco said it best: Our uptime, your downtime :P

I Would Like to Know...

[Kedjoran]

Which ministry IS responsible for Gundams? This new Zero jet I bought from Japan does *not* transform into a giant robot and I want lodge a formal complaint. There has to be a law saying all jets from Japan transform into robots somewhere.

Re:They have brought Shame on themself and Family

[Tablizer]

Each of the six gentleman must commit ritual Seppuku if there is any hope to restore personal honor.

But wait until they're done correcting the "Seppuku" entry in Wikipedia to remove the death requirement.

How many articles did they edit?

[Anonymous Coward]

OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!!!!!!!11111111 :P

I, for one, welcome our Gundam-piloting overlords.

New meme's abrewin'?

[mecenday]

I purpose "[Blank] is not in charge of Gundam," be the 10 year anniversary slashdot meme...

Slashdot, for instance, is certainly *not* in charge of Gundam.

Re:New meme's abrewin'?

[maxwell demon]

In Korea, only old people are not in charge of Gundam.
In Soviet Russia, Gundam is not in charge of YOU.

Repoat

[Bender_]

"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam," said a ministry official

I lolled.. hard!

ROW ROW FIGHT DAH POWAH

[samwh]

Edit the uneditable, change the unchangeable, ROW ROW, FIGHT DAH POWAH