[WikiEN-l] CNN: Campaign manager resigns amid Wikipedia flap

[The Cunctator]

On 4/27/06, Michael Lindeen <wikikitty at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more
> common, not less. Mike
>
> On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett <pcb21 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*)
> > gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his
> > office changed the bio of her opponent.
> >
> > Full story at:
> > http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
> >
> > Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge
> > responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
> >


I'm assuming that the reporter got this wrong: "The resignation came after
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales confirmed that the addition to the biography
came from an IP address affiliated with the Cox campaign."

Because if that's true, it's kind of a lame move.