EA Staffer Attempts to Alter Wiki History

Vikingod · Aug 16, 2007, 02:41 PM

Source: ShackNews
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Someone at EA doesn't want you to know about Trip Hawkins, the publishing giant's original founder. On multiple occasions, a user with an IP address of 159.153.4.50--within a range registered to Electronic Arts' Redwood City headquarters--has tried to remove several references to Hawkins' legacy from the Electronic Arts Wikipedia page.

Shacknews made the discovery using a tool called Wikipedia Scanner, made by Cal Tech grad student Virgil Griffith and detailed in a recent Wired article. The tool cross-references the anonymous Wikipedia editors' IP addresses with a WHOIS IP query and other data.

mike2h · Aug 16, 2007, 08:51 PM

what assholes.

Judas · Aug 16, 2007, 09:40 PM

EA..... what they are = what they tried to do.

thunderclap · Aug 16, 2007, 10:30 PM

What I don't get is why are they trying to modify their history? That doesn't make any sense.

Aug 16, 2007, 02:41 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	EA Staffer Attempts to Alter Wiki History Source: ShackNews __________ Someone at EA doesn't want you to know about Trip Hawkins, the publishing giant's original founder. On multiple occasions, a user with an IP address of 159.153.4.50--within a range registered to Electronic Arts' Redwood City headquarters--has tried to remove several references to Hawkins' legacy from the Electronic Arts Wikipedia page. Shacknews made the discovery using a tool called Wikipedia Scanner, made by Cal Tech grad student Virgil Griffith and detailed in a recent Wired article. The tool cross-references the anonymous Wikipedia editors' IP addresses with a WHOIS IP query and other data.

Aug 16, 2007, 08:51 PM	#2
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	what assholes. __________________

Aug 16, 2007, 10:30 PM	#4
thunderclap HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 348 Rep Power: 33	What I don't get is why are they trying to modify their history? That doesn't make any sense.