Dutch justice workers Wikipedia ban
p2pnet news | Freedom:- Holland’s justice ministry plans to stop its 30,000 employees from using Wikipedia following magazine reports that ministry computers had been used to edit Wikipedia entries.
“Intermediar said that while most of the changes were not objectionable, some involved changing the positions of political parties or the profiles of people in criminal cases,” says Guardian Unlimited, and, “many others were obscene.”
One employee changed a reference to the punishment given to a member of the Dutch nobility who was caught speeding, says Intermediar, according to this story, which goes on:
“The original text said ‘her driving licence was not revoked’, while the revised version added ‘as is typical in such cases’.
The Intermediar report found 821 edits from justice ministry computers, “more than from any other single ministry. But hundreds of edits came from computers at other ministries and at dozens of Dutch councils,” adds the story.
Also See:
Guardian Unlimited – Ministry bans Wikipedia editingNovember 19, 2007
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November 21st, 2007 at 10:15 am
I thought the point of wikipedia was for people to work together to build a database of information.
I think the only rule that should be enforced is “No personal feelings or opinions, just facts that are known to be true”
If everyone followed that rule it would be great.
November 24th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
WIKIPEDIA and all its constituent satellites should be totally banned from major research institutions throughout the world for it provides the means for distortions and untruths to be put in print across the whole globe. This cannot be good for humankind as if people start to believe every word that appears in Wikipedia, they will get things wrong. It is as simple as that, but the consequences could be huge for economies and people.
If you wish to read more I suggest that you get a full insight into Wikipedia and visit http://www.thewif.org.uk/version2/nlett/class/main0.html
and go to the bottom of the page.
Wikipedia is run in reality by a bunch of overgrown kids who do not care about those who really count, the people themselves.
Dr. David Hill
World Innovation Foundation
Bern, Switzerland