[WikiEN-l] Undetected Vandalism from a single IP

Tue Apr 4 10:34:51 UTC 2006

At 11:50 +0200 4/4/06, Mathias Schindler wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Elaine Wang is a senior at Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas. She
>recently wrote an article for the "Sun Herald" about her experiences
>with vandalism in Wikipedia.
>
>This is her edit history:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=68.91.32.213
>
>http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/14257422.htm
>
>After 4 days, she removed her vandalism that was uncorrected until
>then. The article reads "Not corrected within a week" or something
>like that.
>
>
>Hoever, it is strange to see that nobody who corrected a single error
>from her seemed to have checked her other articles. -- ~~~~

She ends the article with:

"My advice for anyone using it? Check the facts with other Web sites, 
and always double-check the Wikipedia article itself for updates over 
time. You never know when a goofball like me might be posting."

Sound advice!

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