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Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now (theregister.co.uk)

9 points by tsbardella ↗ HN
We are truly doomed. If this is part of the current problem we are so f'ed. I mean what happened to all the weapons of mass destructions. And now this - you can't trust Wikipedia how the f am i supposed to do home work much less invest my retirement savings?

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bayareaguy
The title of this submission should be changed to that of the actual article:

Emails show journalist rigged Wikipedia's naked shorts

sfk
'Byrne has long argued that the press dismissed his views at least in part because Weiss - hiding behind various anonymous accounts - spent years controlling the relevant articles on Wikipedia, the "free online encyclopedia anyone can edit."'

If The Register is reporting this correctly - a long shot by current online journalism standards - then this guy is simply a crank. Who needs Wikipedia in order to get heard?

greyman
I wouldn't call him a crank, maybe he is even right, but this was my thought as well...he could maintain a blog for example, write all his findings there a now everyone could see what he was up to back then.
dhbradshaw
On niche subjects where certain parties have vested interests, this is almost bound to happen. In such cases, Wikipedia is like power up-for-grabs. People who care will take it.
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