Re:Senate IP linked to edits in Snowden's wikipedia page
by eli on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @10:51AM
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Almost certainly a summer intern.
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Re:Senate IP linked to edits in Snowden's wikipedia page
by sfennell on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @11:14AM
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If you look at the history of the IP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/72.79.14...), there are a few other minor edits, here is one:
"Are usually as dumb as brandon's and that is REAL dumb"
This was added to to the Bichon page, the rest of the edits are similarly juvenile
Re:Senate IP linked to edits in Snowden's wikipedia page
by fnordfnordfnord on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @11:13AM
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Yeah, regular staffers and congressmen probably don't have the technical skills needed to edit a Wiki page.
Re:Senate IP linked to edits in Snowden's wikipedia page
by eli on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @11:33AM
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No, I think they just lack the inclination and/or are smart enough to create an account or make edits from a different location.
Re:Senate IP linked to edits in Snowden's wikipedia page
by jimt67 on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @11:33AM
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That ip also accessed the fiu digital collections in June: http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/web_stats/usage_201306.htm...
Entirely possible that there is zero connection to FIU or the state of Florida in general.