This is a journalist’s dream come true! You can now discover which organizations (or at least their IP address) have added or edited entries on Wikipedia using the WikiScanner. Virgil Griffith, a graduate student at Cal Tech, developed the tool. Why did he do it? In his list of FAQs for the media he writes, “To create minor public relations disasters for companies and organizations I dislike.†Check out what Wal-Mart, ExxonMobil, the CIA, and the U.S. House of Representatives have been editing on Wikipedia. Gotta love the web for the transparency it brings.
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