Wired Blogs is keeping track of the companies that have altered Wikipedia entries in their favor. Based on Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith’s recently launched Wikipedia search tool, it’s easy to determine a corporation, organization, or government’s list of IP addresses. Then, with a click or two, you can match those IP addresses up with any anonymous Wikipedia edits. The results are fascinating. Some interesting edits include:
- Diebold has edited a number of posts criticizing them and their voting machines.
- Disney deletes content about DRM.
- ExxonMobil Cleans Up Valdez Story.
Read John Borland’s overview for more examples. What’s even more interesting to me is that editors allowed these edits, yet find fault with legit edits to entries.
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