On 30/01/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
If there have only been a thousand changes so far, most of which were positive, this does not seem to be a "major" problem. Certainly not compared to the information we're gleaning from this. So, by all means, let's continue to revert the particularly obnoxious changes, but asking them to "stop it" will simply make it invisible.
A little late for that since my phone is ringing off the hook with reporters interested in the story.
For what it's worth, and for a little international scope, at least two parliament.uk IP address - probably proxy servers from inside the Commons - have edited various articles, mostly those on individual MPs. Minor fact-checking and expanding bio-stubs, as far as I can see - the sort of thing anyone does on discovering their biography or that of their boss. Haven't spotted any vandalism yet, or anything quite as partisan as some of the US edits... but it's probably buried there somewhere.
Anyone who understands the web system at aph.gov.au or parl.gc.ca want to see if we can find an equivalent there?
-- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk