Fred Bauder (fredbaud(a)ctelco.net) [050218 01:23]:
True and in our human attempt to adequately describe
such folks we use the
words "totalitarian" and "terrorist", in reference to such
organizations and
governments as the People's Republic of China and individuals such as Osama
bin Ladin. Such folks do not hesitate to "mess up other things for the
cause". There is every reason, based on their history, to presume that they
will conduct themselves in that way on Wikipedia and in fact they routinely
do so, some crudely, some with a measure of sophistication.
Astroturfing in general is going to be a problem. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:204.251.90.242
The edit in question is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo%21&diff=prev&oldid=…
That's a crude example. I am certain there are much less crude examples
ongoing as we speak.
- d.