[CITASA] Online article on wiki impersonator

[Mitch Pravatiner]

The British website _The Register_ recently carried an article on a man 
who used up to 15 identities to manipulate content on Wikipedia, 
including placing sexually explicit photos of women on that site without 
their knowledge or consent.

The URL for the article is 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/19/wikipedia_civil_servant_scandal/ 
.  The site also has an article on how a Wall Street insider used 
anonymous identities to manipulate Wikipedia's entries on naked short 
selling, regarded as a major factor in the recent crises in financial 
markets.  That article is at 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/01/wikipedia_and_naked_shorting/ .

Both articles contain links to other _Register_ stories on problems with 
the manipulation of Wikipedia content.

Mitch Pravatiner
mitchpra at earthlink.net