[WikiEN-l] US Congress Staff Editing Wikipedia

Mon Jan 30 11:20:36 UTC 2006

John Lee wrote:

> A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen:
> [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
>
> "This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States 
> Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with 
> vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should 
> probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their 
> reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at 
> understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just 
> think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela? Anthere?) 
> might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by 
> Congress everyday. :)
>
> John Lee
> ([[User:Johnleemk]])

Well, whaddya know; it's on WikiNews!

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Congressional_staff_actions_prompt_Wikipedia_investigation

That's probably a more readable explanation of what's going on than the RfC.

John Lee
([[User:Johnleemk]])