----- Original Message ---- From: The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com
It would still be lame if Jimbo ran the whois.
I'd've thought it would be more like "Mr. Wales can you confirm for us that IP address XXX edited Wikipedia article YYY to say ZZZ"
Jimbo clicks "history", clicks "diff" ... "Uh, yes."
Standard journalistic practice to get an outside to confirm events. Normally it would be "a Wikipedia spokesperson confirmed..." but they get extra bonus gravitas in their article by having the real-life President of the Foundation do it.
p.s. Should we be adding
"* Enables you to make smears against your political opponents without getting caught"
to [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?]] ?