[WikiEN-l] Australian Government Closes anon status to staff on WP

[Risker]

I don't really see the problem with this. Employers are paying people to do
their job, not to edit Wikipedia.  Brownie points to them for allowing
read-only access; many organizations would simply have blocked access
entirely.

Of course, all those would-be editors can click on the site when they get
home, and edit to their heart's content.

Risker


On 8/23/07, michael west <michawest at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Anonymous editing aint bad - just dont break COI, now where has free
> speech
> gone in Australian government departments?
>
> http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22299984-5005961,00.html
>
> "The Defence Department has blocked employees from altering information on
> Wikipedia after 5035 edits by defence staff were detected."
>
> "Defence has closed personal edit access down, though employees will still
> be able to browse Wikipedia for information purposes," a defence spokesman
> said.
>
> mmmmmmmm
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