Individual bias and the WikiScanner tool Reliability of Wikipedia

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in august 2007, wikiscanner, tool developed virgil griffith of california institute of technology, released match anonymous ip edits in encyclopedia extensive database of addresses. news stories appeared ip addresses various organizations such central intelligence agency, democratic congressional campaign committee, diebold, inc. , australian government being used make edits wikipedia articles, of opinionated or questionable nature. bbc quoted wikimedia spokesperson praising tool: value transparency , scanner takes level. wikipedia scanner may prevent organization or individuals editing articles re not supposed to.


the wikiscanner story covered independent, stated many censorial interventions editors vested interests on variety of articles in wikipedia had been discovered:



[wikipedia] hailed breakthrough in democratisation of knowledge. online encyclopedia has since been hijacked forces decided things best left unknown... website designed monitor editorial changes made on wikipedia has found thousands of self-serving edits , traced them original source. has turned out hugely embarrassing armies of political spin doctors , corporate revisionists believed censorial interventions had gone unnoticed.



not hailed wikiscanner success wikipedia. oliver kamm, in column times, argued instead that:



the wikiscanner important development in bringing down pernicious influence on our intellectual life. critics of web decry medium cult of amateur. wikipedia worse that; province of covert lobby. constructive course stand on sidelines , jeer @ pretensions.



wikiscanner reveals conflict of interest when editor not have wikipedia account , ip address used instead. conflict of interest editing done editors accounts not detected, since edits anonymous everyone—except handful of privileged wikipedia admins.








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