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Offline MadCatTLX

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Wikipedia bans editing from Congress' IP address after many troll edits.
« on: July 26, 2014, 11:35:47 am »
Wikipedia has banned edits from the IP address used by the US Capitol building after many "disruptive" edits.

Makes you wonder what else they're doing if they're spending time trolling Wikipedia articles.

One edit revised the biography of former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and called him an "alien lizard who eats Mexican babies"

http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-28481876
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Re: Wikipedia bans editing from Congress' IP address after many troll edits.
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2014, 12:14:22 pm »
Do these fools have nothing better to do?
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Re: Wikipedia bans editing from Congress' IP address after many troll edits.
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2014, 01:09:14 pm »
Check out https://twitter.com/congressedits. It automatically logs Wikipedia edits from Congress IP adresses.
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Re: Wikipedia bans editing from Congress' IP address after many troll edits.
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2014, 01:11:09 pm »
Quote from: MadCatTLX on July 26, 2014, 11:35:47 am
One edit revised the biography of former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and called him an "alien lizard who eats Mexican babies"
And this is a troll edit how?
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Re: Wikipedia bans editing from Congress' IP address after many troll edits.
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2014, 03:03:45 pm »
Daily reminder that Rumsfeld never denied that he was a lizard
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK8Y2nO_8TM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK8Y2nO_8TM</a>
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Re: Wikipedia bans editing from Congress' IP address after many troll edits.
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2014, 05:48:28 pm »
I can think of no effort more altruistic and constructive than trolling Congress.
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Re: Wikipedia bans editing from Congress' IP address after many troll edits.
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2014, 01:46:44 am »
Quote from: Sigmaleph on July 26, 2014, 01:09:14 pm
Check out https://twitter.com/congressedits. It automatically logs Wikipedia edits from Congress IP adresses.

They also plug other twitters who do similar things.  I looked at one for wiki edits done by oil companies and defense contractors.  Lots of random shit in there.
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Re: Wikipedia bans editing from Congress' IP address after many troll edits.
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2014, 03:41:42 am »
You mean Donald Rumsfeld is NOT an alien lizard who eats Mexican babies?

I think its not so unbelievable...
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