IP address traced to the Canadian Government wiped out the "homosexuality" entry on Wikipedia several times

by AndrewRideout | August 18, 2007 at 10:10 pm
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The lid certainly seems to be coming off anybody who has made fraudulent wikipedia entries from a high-profile IP address. Within the past several hours, a number of gay-oriented websites have been carrying details of an IP address registered to the Canadian federal government that made several troubling edits to the "homosexuality" entry on wikipedia.

From the Globe and Mail 

"One user, with an IP address that points to a government office in
Ottawa, removed Wikipedia's entire entry on homosexuality several times
on July 20, 2005, and replaced it with such sentences as:
"Homosexuality is evil," "Homosexuality is wrong according to the
Bible" and "Homosexuals need our help and counselling." The IP address
responsible for that edit continued to deface the entry on
homosexuality a total of 24 times between July, 2005, and July, 2006"

Oddly enough, this particular person had a penchant for health, infectuous disease and Deal or No Deal. The Globe article noted that the same author "also edited more than 500 other Wikipedia articles on topics such as epidemiology, Ebola and Deal or No Deal (a TV game show starring a Canadian host)."

Another omnious Wikipedia edit was also traced to an IP address registered to the Canadian federal government "Other pages edited from government equipment include Maher Arar's
Wikipedia page, which was edited three times on Feb. 27, 2007, from a
computer traced to Public Works and Government Services..."

 

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