Wikipedia bans US congress from editing due to abuse

by **hmm** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:16 pm

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/United_States_Congress">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wik...s_Congress</a> <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Statement of the dispute [edit] Description This RFC is being opened in order to further a centralized discussion concerning actions to be taken against US Congressional staffers and possibly other federal employees who have engaged in unethical and possibly libelous behavior in violation of Wikipedia policies (WP:NPOV, WP:CIV). The editors from these IP ranges have been rude, abrasive, immature, and show disregard for Wikipedia policy. The editors have frequently tried to censor the history of elected officials, often replacing community articles with censored biographies despite other users' attempts to dispute these violations. They also violate Wikipedia:Verifiability, by deleting verified reports, while adding flattering things about members of Congress that are unverified. The offending editors have been blocked. This RFC is needed to gather community comments. It is proposed that a one week block is not enough. The block was lifted January 30, 2006. A new block for additional vandalism was enforced for three hours February 1, 2006 at 14:59.<hr></blockquote>

by **Gouda** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:00 pm

Libelous, rude, censorous, immature, and showing disregard for stated policy? Who has been tainting these staffers! Off with them to the capitol hill ethics class before they run for office. No, wait...

by **BajaSur** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:17 pm

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Congressional_Staffer_Edits">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wik...ffer_Edits</a> * Joe Wilson (U.S. politician) (Congressman SC, not Joseph C. Wilson) * Richard Pombo (Removing referenced to possible ties to Jack Abramoff and many other npov yet politically damaging items), * Pete McCloskey, * Dennis Hastert, * Dave Hobson (removed statement that Hobson supports stem cell research), * Connie Mack IV, * United States House of Representatives Page, * Dan Lungren, * Chris Cannon, * Joy Padgett, * Tom Lantos, * United States House of Representatives, New Jersey District 13, * Trent Lott (editing references to his rumored actions... I guess they would know), * Phil Gramm (removing quotes I wouldn't want anyone to see if I had to run for re-election), * Frank Pallone, * John Colyandro, * Todd Akin, * John Doolittle, * Dana Priest, * Jerrold Nadler, * Rick Renzi (removing a section titled "Ethical Questions"), * Nathan Deal, * Ralph Herseth, * Trent Franks, * Rick Kahn, * Lois Pines, * Dana Priest, * Bill O'Reilly (commentator), * Rafael Diaz-Balart, * Nic Lott, * Jim Ramstad (removing reference to his "moderate\ liberal" tendancies, * Trent Franks (replacing article with official House bio), * Bill Pascrell, Jr., * Darrell Issa (removing references to pro-palestinian actions), * Talk:Jim Nussle (removing talk section titles 'Republican conspiracy'), * Jim Nussle (removing references to his divorce), * Bob Etheridge, * Darrell Issa (removing quotes supporting Hezbollah), * Rick Renzi (replacing article with official House bio), * Fred Upton, * Rodney Frelinghuysen (removing information about financial contributions), * John Abizaid, * J. D. Hayworth, * Roy Blunt, * Doc Hastings, * Sam Johnson (removing unflattering quotes), * Mark Green (removing references to "unethical campaign finance practices",references to his ties with Tom DeLay, and other unflattering details), * Mary Bono, * Vern Ehlers, * Bill Jefferson, * Mary Landrieu, * Eric Cantor, * Bill Frist, * David Dreier (removing unflattering information about his 2004 campaign), * Discovery Institute, * Rob Andrews, * Lee Terry, * Bobby Jindal, * Duncan Hunter, * Joe Barton, * John Salazar, * Marc Maron, * New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005, * Frank Lucas, * Closed sessions of the United States House of Representatives, * John Boozman, * Chris Cannon, * Mac Thornberry, * Sherrod Brown, * Dana Bash, * Jane Harman, * Jerrold Nadler, * Jim Ramstad, * Nancy Johnson (politician), * Jerry Weller (adding self promoting material and removing questions of a conflict of interest), * Ben Bernanke, * Hurricane Katrina, * Henry Waxman, * Rahm Emanuel, * Henry Clay, * Pete Williams, * Kelly Young, * 21st Century Democrats, * Tom Daschle, * Eric Fingerhut, * Podcasting (This past summer, the House Republican Conference, under Chairman Deborah Pryce, began podcasting all their press events.), * Ernest Istook, * Tom DeLay, * Bob Riley (Alabama), * Office of the Law Revision Counsel, * Nita Lowey, * Bob Taft (removing ties to Jack Abramoff), * United States Constitution, * Bernie Sanders, * Major Owens, * Gregory W. Meeks, * Jim Leach, * Ruth Bader Ginsburg, * Antonin Scalia, * List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, * Ward Connerly (adding libelous comment), * People For the American Way, * Ralph Neas (attempting to categorize him as "socialist"), * MoveOn (changing liberal to "left-wing"), * Jo Ann Davis, * Posse Comitatus Act, * United States Capitol Police, * Angela Davis, * Barbara Jordan, * Alan Keyes, * Iraq on the Record Report, * Ed Royce, * Pardon, * William F. Buckley, Jr., * 2003 Invasion of Iraq (saying there was a connection between Iraq and al-Qaeda), * American liberalism, * Barry Goldwater, * Liberalism, * Eric Burns (political strategist) (blanking article), * Amo Houghton, * Congressional Hispanic Caucus, * Samara Barend, * Randy Kuhl (removing scandal related information), * U.S. House elections, 2006, * Fred Upton, * Jo Bonner, * Gary Ackerman, * Ralph Yarborough, * Robert C. Scott, * Al Green (politician), * Jim Sensenbrenner (removing information in "Controversy" section), * Paul S. Trible, Jr., * William Lacy Clay, Jr., * Nancy Pelosi (entering libelous statements), * Nathan Deal, * William Donald Schaefer, * Harry Reid, * James Stockdale, * Paul Driessen, * Republican Party (United States), * Che Guevara, * Tammy Baldwin, * Ray LaHood, * G. K. Butterfield. Che Guevara! Clearly House staffers have too much time on their hands.

by **wintler** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:29 pm

Wow-sa! Will keep this handy for the next time a troll tells me the internet is meaningless!

Wikipedia bans US congress from editing due to abuse

Wikipedia bans US congress from editing due to abuse

Re: Wikipedia bans US congress from editing due to abuse

Partial list of House edits

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