[LINK] AGE: Mark Arbib: otherwise known as CIA Agent 007.

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 09:27 +1100, Max Devlin wrote:
> http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/mark-arbib-aka-cia-agent-007-20101209-18q50.html
> A screen grab of the audit history of Mark Arbib's Wikipedia page this
> morning, which fell victim to hackers.

"Fell victim to hackers"?!? Give me a break.

Anyone can edit a Wikipedia page, in fact everyone is specifically
invited to do so, and it is a common occurrence that idiots join in. The
note at the very bottom of the Age piece, about anyone being able to
edit articles, does not excuse the inflammatory and completely
inaccurate use of the word "hacker".

> In 2007 bureaucrat spin doctors in Canberra were "outed" for editing
> Wikipedia entries critical of their bosses.

There is nothing wrong with *anyone* editing a Wikipedia page, as long
as they keep it honest and objective. If a "spin doctor" makes an entry
more objective, that's good. If they start deleting facts or adding
rather than removing "slant" that's bad.

Regards, K.

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