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

[michael west]

On 24/08/07, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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


I think "defence" could include guys and gals that have to use government
computers on their tours of duty, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc......