Seeing Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia Edits

08-24-2007, 04:19 PM

Seeing Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia Edits

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Since Wired News first wrote about WikiScanner last week, Internet users have spotted plenty of interesting changes to Wikipedia by people at nonprofit groups and government entities like the Central Intelligence Agency. Many of the most obviously self-interested edits have come from corporate networks.

Every day we find out just how useless this is.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-24-2007, 04:53 PM

It's still a source and a place to find links. Probably as reliable as any single source, but if the subject is important, one source isn't enough.

TheMercenary · 08-26-2007, 08:55 AM

Is anyone actually surprised by this? Same goes for on-line remarks about books on Amazon or Barnes & Noble, reviews about any new products where random people can rate products. All the same. Buyer beware.

lumberjim · 08-26-2007, 11:18 AM

i always use google to search.....wiki always comes up early tho(probably because it contains so many links, eh), so i find myself using it a lot.

grain of salt.

piercehawkeye45 · 08-26-2007, 12:57 PM

I have a feeling most of changes are made by people without the companies or government support when they have too much time on their hands.

Griff · 08-26-2007, 05:22 PM

What does this mean? I clicked a red link on wiki the other day and found out my ip addy is banned from editing. I've never edited anything on wiki but now I can't?

Clodfobble · 08-26-2007, 05:39 PM

You're probably in the same IP range as a trouble-maker or more than one. It's easier to block a range than try to nail down every individual person, especially when DHCP means that some people's IP address can change from day to day. I bet you could contact them and get them to allow yours, if you really wanted to.

Elspode · 08-27-2007, 10:52 PM

Grifftopia is widely known as a hotbed of History by Consensus troublemaking.

elSicomoro · 08-27-2007, 10:55 PM

My new goal in life is to have a Wiki article created about me.

08-24-2007, 04:53 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's still a source and a place to find links. Probably as reliable as any single source, but if the subject is important, one source isn't enough. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-26-2007, 08:55 AM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Is anyone actually surprised by this? Same goes for on-line remarks about books on Amazon or Barnes & Noble, reviews about any new products where random people can rate products. All the same. Buyer beware. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-26-2007, 11:18 AM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i always use google to search.....wiki always comes up early tho(probably because it contains so many links, eh), so i find myself using it a lot. grain of salt. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-26-2007, 05:22 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	What does this mean? I clicked a red link on wiki the other day and found out my ip addy is banned from editing. I've never edited anything on wiki but now I can't? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-27-2007, 10:52 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Grifftopia is widely known as a hotbed of History by Consensus troublemaking. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-26-2007, 12:57 PM	#5
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I have a feeling most of changes are made by people without the companies or government support when they have too much time on their hands.

08-26-2007, 05:39 PM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You're probably in the same IP range as a trouble-maker or more than one. It's easier to block a range than try to nail down every individual person, especially when DHCP means that some people's IP address can change from day to day. I bet you could contact them and get them to allow yours, if you really wanted to.

08-27-2007, 10:55 PM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	My new goal in life is to have a Wiki article created about me.

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