But I would not say that the edits made from computers
in its address
space are the actions of News Corp. (They spread enough terrible
articles that they're willing to endorse and even advertise to the
world.) The edits may be things News Corp would actually approve of (a
lot of them look like they would be) -- but they may also be the
actions of support staffers and interns on their break, some guy
playing a joke on his co-worker, or people who just still don't know
that yes, everyone can see your changes when you make them, who may
well have been fired for their actions if anyone knew about them at
the time. I seriously doubt News Corp finds it to be in their interest
to replace an entire article, even one critical of them, with juvenile
vandalism, for example, yet that sort of edit can be found among the
others WikiScanner turns up. (Here's an example, from someone who
clearly didn't enjoy "The Incredibles".
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=68303976 )
I've worked in a number of organizations where someone would bring their
child to work and have them sit at an absent co-worker's PC. Evidently this is a
possible consequence of such an action.
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- cary