Corperations getting busted by wikipedia!! ha
 

One American student sent major corporations, governments and even the Vatican on the defensive after coming up with Wikipedia Scanner, a software program that reveals who changed Wikipedia entries.

As soon as the software was launched on the internet, chaos erupted.
Among many revelations, Wikipedia Scanner reported that:

Here's some examples:

- Apple edit Microsoft entries, adding more negative comments about its rival

- Bill Gates revenge? Microsoft edits Apple entries, adding more negative comments about its rival

- EA Games deletes whole paragraphs of criticism about employment practices and business methods

- Sony removes harmful paragraphs against blu-ray systems

- MSN Search is ?a major competitor to Google?. That?s what MSN added to their page

Full article:
http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=14323
http://www.wired.com/politics/online...8/wiki_tracker

nice! The government does this too when people edit the presidents page... along with all the other government officials.

and people are really shocked by that??

Bill Gates is still the biggest crook of all.

Guess I better use a proxy... haha :pimp

I expected all of the above from microsoft but APPLE

I saw this on the news, I know so many people that swear by Wik. and whatever it says, just goes to show. Don't believe anything you hear and only 1/2 of what you see.

The RICHEST crook of all* :thumbsup

Gee thats nothing new.

thats a fucking joke

i had a teacher who would only accept asignments that had been sourced by wiki

i bet she feels so stupid now

I love when people quote or link to Wiki to prove their points, it's hilarious, and shows their total lack of intelligence.

oh please, like they're paragons of virtue :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

No different than people who link to blogs or op-ed pages from newspapers. Everyone has an opinion. Few of them are totally correct.

Him and his wife also run one of the biggest private charities in the world. :2 cents:

I always believe everything I read on the interweb.

:winkwink:

Wow, that is pretty goofy.

i remember i had an economic assignment and i was browsing the CIA's database of the worlds financial status and she got mad i wasnt using wiki

i lol'd

I read about this a couple days ago. It is funny how so many people look at wiki as an authority.