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Wikipedia Blocks Suspicious Edits From DoJ

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 30, 2008 @02:00AM from the watching-the-watchers dept.

kylehase writes "The release of Wikiscanner last year brought much attention to white-washing of controversial pages on the community-generated encyclopedia. Apparently Wikipedia is very serious in fighting such behavior as they've temporarily blocked the US Department of Justice from editing pages for suspicious edits."

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It's about time... by Erie+Ed · 2008-04-30 02:10 · Score: 5, Funny

Someone stands up to them. Now I think if the RIAA ever comes after me I will overrule them...I guess what I'm trying to say is I for one welcome our Self overruling overlords.