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- Article Title: Wiki Scanner Revelas Who Makes Edits to Wikipedia.org
- Author: Zac Gordon
- Publication Date: Aug, 20 2007
- Categories: In the News
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Wiki Scanner Revelas Who Makes Edits to Wikipedia.org
The program WikiScanner lets users find out who has made edits to Wikipedia. Read the New York Times coverage of some of the effects wikiscanner has had on the companies whose edits have been made public (including the CIA).
Some questions this raises: What effect will this transparency have on Wikipedia or the companies that post on it? Will people just cover their tracks better? Will making editors less anonymous make Wikipedia more reliable? What about people, in countries like China, who have relied on the anonymity of Wikipedia to ensure their safety and the dissemination of otherwise protected information?
