[WikiEN-l] US Congress Staff Editing Wikipedia
John Lee
johnleemk at gawab.com
Mon Jan 30 11:20:36 UTC 2006
John Lee wrote:
> A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen:
> [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
>
> "This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States
> Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with
> vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should
> probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their
> reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at
> understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just
> think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela? Anthere?)
> might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by
> Congress everyday. :)
>
> John Lee
> ([[User:Johnleemk]])
Well, whaddya know; it's on WikiNews!
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Congressional_staff_actions_prompt_Wikipedia_investigation
That's probably a more readable explanation of what's going on than the RfC.
John Lee
([[User:Johnleemk]])
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