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US Congress Made Changes in Wikipedia Entries




Topic started on 24-3-2006 @ 10:51 AM by Beachcoma


I can't believe I missed this article! It came out on the 9th of March.

Wikipedia has accused Congress staff of 'polishing' a number of political biographies.


Congress 'made Wikipedia changes'


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.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.


This makes me wonder, what else has been changed?



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reply posted on 24-3-2006 @ 12:11 PM by Nygdan


since the wikipedia is "open", this isn't exactly unexpected. There is, in fact, constant vandalisation of facts and slandering of people in the wikipedia.



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reply posted on 24-3-2006 @ 12:48 PM by DontTreadOnMe


Sure, wiki is open and can be edited.
But, one would hope their government would be above altering history. After all, through the MSM, the government regularly alters news and history, at least imo.

Although not unexpected, it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.



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reply posted on 28-3-2006 @ 10:00 AM by jimmytango


Great post - my sig sums up my opinion on this matter.



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reply posted on 30-3-2006 @ 09:51 PM by Sri Oracle


Cyber Socrates:

What did Winston do for a living in Orwell's "1984"?



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reply posted on 16-5-2006 @ 07:57 PM by playaofthegame


i know oliver north has been changed...

its been a big lie for over 20 years



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reply posted on 7-6-2006 @ 01:36 AM by Astyanax


Actually, the title of this thread should be 'US Congressmen made changes in Wikipedia entries'.

And there's nothing wrong with that. If everybody else can do it, so can Congressmen.

No conspiracy here. Just a few egotistical politicians buffing up their image.



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reply posted on 10-7-2006 @ 12:57 PM by Revelmonk



Originally posted by Astyanax
Actually, the title of this thread should be 'US Congressmen made changes in Wikipedia entries'.

And there's nothing wrong with that. If everybody else can do it, so can Congressmen.

No conspiracy here. Just a few egotistical politicians buffing up their image.


No conspiracy here? If someone changes something about what they did or didnt do, they are lying. These people are misrepresenting themselves to the people who want more info about them.



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reply posted on 10-7-2006 @ 04:40 PM by Harte


Must've been a reeeaaalll slow news day for conspiracies.

Anybody that follows College Football has been seeing this sort of thing for years.

Probably it's a lot more common than we know, but if Joe Blow loses his job because he "polished" his resume, it don't exactly make the 5 O'Clock News.

Harte



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