I don't really see the problem with this. Employers are paying people to
do
their job, not to edit Wikipedia. Brownie points to them for allowing
read-only access; many organizations would simply have blocked access
entirely.
Of course, all those would-be editors can click on the site when they get
home, and edit to their heart's content.
Risker
On 8/23/07, michael west <michawest(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Anonymous editing aint bad - just dont break COI, now where has free
speech
gone in Australian government departments?
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22299984-5005961,00.html
"The Defence Department has blocked employees from altering information
on
Wikipedia after 5035 edits by defence staff were
detected."
"Defence has closed personal edit access down, though employees will
still
be able to browse Wikipedia for information
purposes," a defence
spokesman
> said.
>
> mmmmmmmm
I think "defence" could include guys and gals that have to use government
computers on their tours of duty, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc......