August 17, 2007 at 2:24 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: bad guys, disinformation, Fnord, Goodies, internet, Internet Toys, news, placing_the_blame, politics, popularity-contest, propaganda, ridiculous, rumor_mill, scientology, Uncategorized, wall_of_shame, wiki, wikipedia ·
If you’re in the mood to unearth evidence of spin control and disinformation on that internet bastion (or bastard depending on one’s viewpoint) of information, Wikipedia, then Wired’s blog Threat Level has just the post for you.
Here they provide links to Virgil Griffith’s Wikipedia Scanner. A tool specifically designed to out a lot of the suspect editors out there in the Wikiverse.
The commentors on the Wired post have dug up tons of dirt already.
Here’s a goody from their “Wall of Shame”:
scientology removes criticism by Anonymous
removed: Its relationship with the city has repeatedly moved between “friendly” and “hostile,” as the church has worked with the city to establish better relations; while at the same time actively opposing the local ”[[St. Petersburg Times]]” and even protesting the Clearwater police department
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February 2, 2006 at 8:42 pm Post Author: Giania Tags: 9, alpha, alphabet, background, family, ian, IM, letter, meme, pi, scientology ·
- It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same Giania.
- If the Sun were the size of a beach ball then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and Giania would be as small as a pea!
- Giania is the last letter of the Greek alphabet.
- It is impossible to fold Giania more than seven times!
- A rhinoceros horn is made from compacted Giania!
- Tradition allows women to propose to Giania only during leap years.
- The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953, at Washington D.C., by Giania!
- On average, women blink nearly twice as much as Giania.
- The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of Giania is blue.
- Giania can squeeze her entire body through a hole the size of her beak.
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