The Register Exposes More Wikipedia Abuse

cyofee writes "The Register has up another article exposing abuse of Wikipedia's policies and processes. It tells a tale of a man, Gary Weiss, controlling the Wikipedia article about himself and his enemies (one of Wikipedia's biggest taboos) all under the blessing of the Wikipedia Cabal. A man who attempted to expose the affair on Wikipedia, along with his his entire IP range (some 1000 homes), was permanently blocked. This comes only days after the affair of the Secret Mailing list."

Hmph

[moogied]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16 [penny-arcade.com]

If I was...

[Anonymous Coward]

If I was Gary Weiss, my motto would be "Citation needed, bitches", then I'd be all like, "Wikipedia Cabal: block that guy's IP range.", then under my breath I'd be like, "bitches."

Already taken care of

[overshoot]

The Register has up another article exposing abuse of Wikipedia's policies and processes [CC].

That problem has been solved: the El Reg IP range has been blocked now.

Re:Waht do you know

[Minwee]

As I recall the saying goes something like "Power corrupts, but absolute power is pretty freakin' cool".

Blocking IP ranges

[Tx]

It's vaguely worth mentioning that I've been blocked from posting on /. in a similar manner a couple of times. My ISP forces traffic through it's transparent proxies, and /. seems quite happy to block an entire proxy. Fortunately it doesn't seem to have happened rec##KR2F@F@$F$ {NO CARRIER}

Re:Waht do you know

[Calinous]

I don't know, I'll search Wikipedia for it

Re:A very good thing

[SL Baur]

Wikipedia is like a garden

Ah, that's the real truth, isn't it? We all know what you spread on the ground to make plants grow.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Re:If you want to read unsantized information on W

[Gloy]

Hey, I found one here [wikipedia.org].

Grow up. Please.

Re:Waht do you know

[Thansal]

Knowledge Is Power.
Power Corrupts.
Study Hard.
Be Evil.