[WikiEN-l] Australian Government Closes anon status to staff on WP

JodyB jodybwiki at bellsouth.net
Fri Aug 24 13:34:38 UTC 2007


Funny how quick we are to raise the specter of "free speech" anytime we 
disagree with something. Your employers (people of Australia) own the 
computers and your time while on the clock. They get to make reasonable 
rules about your conduct.

michael west 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
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