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@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.
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