Wiki-wasters rewriting history on company time
July 29th, 2010Wiki-wasters rewriting history on company time
0 Comments | Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh, Scotland), August 26, 2007
Byline: Murdo MacLeod
THEY’RE doing it at Clarence House, British Airways, South Lanarkshire Council and countless offices the length and breadth of the UK.
The “it” is anonymous sabotage of articles on Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopaedia. But today Scotland on Sunday can unmask some of the key culprits who are spreading gossip and causing confusion with their acts of sabotage.
Our investigation has traced thousands of anonymous edits to the networks owned by the BBC, the Ministry of Defence, the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Parliament.