Australian government caught editing Wikipedia

[Hellfighter]

now this is something to read:
Link: http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070824/8/1f5x.html

i am shock Chrispy did not catch this "NZ-News" Yahoo area lol

there always some one out there who like to seem better then the rest or history goes ether lol

small quote that is!
But according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, scores of edits were made by employees at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet -- including the removal of a reference to Treasurer Peter Costello as "Captain Smirk".

On Howard's controversial policy of mandatory detention for illegal asylum-seekers, an employee inserted the word "allegedly" into a statement saying immigration detainees were subject to inhumane conditions.

The 126 changes which came from Howard's department, tracked using a new website which reveals the digital fingerprint of those who edit Wikipedia, mostly had nothing to do with the government.

[Grenademan]

Typical...NZ's raving on us. Cant wait for channel 10's over-exaggerated, over-hyped story-of-the-century on this tomorrow morning. It'll be just as bad as the "OMG Alexander Downer got drunk 4 years ago OMG OMG OMG" OMG who gives a crap??

But gets a big meh from me lol

[Hellfighter]

will we know some big wiggy out there love to make things look better for them, specialy if they are running for office to get votes to come their way.

it would not shock me at all, that some one some were got their hands into it on a government computer system and turn around edited something so they look better. lol

there all type of stinkers out there lol

[Lakie]

HAHA, you think thats a big story, look up kevin rudd in google news and see what comes up. Long story short is that Kevin Rudd, leader of the opposition in federal politics, admitted that a few years ago he got drunk and visit some night/strip club in new york, not that he remembers it....

His lead over the government increased...

[Hellfighter]

hey mike you know a lot of them party animals get more bunnies when they spend a lot of money and look like hell at the same time!

[ShArP]

hehe can i laugh?

[Grenademan]

Originally posted by Mike
HAHA, you think thats a big story, look up kevin rudd in google news and see what comes up. Long story short is that Kevin Rudd, leader of the opposition in federal politics, admitted that a few years ago he got drunk and visit some night/strip club in new york, not that he remembers it....

His lead over the government increased...

That must've been who i heard on the news. Its like who cares? Big deal!

[ShArP]

Originally posted by Grenademan
That must've been who i heard on the news. Its like who cares? Big deal!

Big deal? what if you went a looked something up on there and it was changed and your report that you had to do was messed up, now think about that...

[Grenademan]

Big deal as in the whole "politican who got drunk 4 years ago". Thats what i was referring to.

As for editting wikipedia articles - no doubt something to do with the elections.