agenda wiki

bw3 linked to this article on a new software that apparently has been implemented to track the isp of people who have made changes on various wikipedia pages. the results, funny, not too revealing, expected maybe?..

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• Dell Computers deletes negative comments on customer services and removes a passage how the company outsources work to third world countries (kinda close to home as one of those cs hubs is here in nashville)
• Exxon Mobil edits spillages and eco-system destruction from oil spillages article (can you really hide that?)
• Scientology removes criticism and negatives article from Scientology page (just start your own wiki with various levels of status and membership, don't worry about us who don't care of xenu)
• BBC changes Blair's drink from coffee to vodka and his workout from the gym to the bedroom. Someone from the BBC also changes Bush’s page, changing the name from ”George Walker Bush” to “George Wan*** Bush” (that is just funny)

the watchdog need for this is that wikipedia has become a fist stop source for information for many teens, college and adults writing & researching. i think we all know it is a risk getting accurate information, but we trust and hope that it is correct information. i find it quite useful, but then again, nothing i do is considered academic or scientific. for those that want to be legit, you can be safe for most things, but stay away from the items that people have clear and harmful agendas..

can an agenda be clear? does anyone actually have concrete research anymore?

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I use wikipedia all the time for fun internet stuff. Anything serious, though, I check with real published research.