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All the News That's Fit To Edit Anonymously Using Naughty Words

Via Little Green Footballs, a Caltech grad student has built an intriguing Wikipedia tool that allows users to search for article edits made by users from known IP addresses.

I poked around for about 10 minutes and found the following:

On Condoleezza Rice, 199.181.174.146 (The New York Times) replaced:

At age 15, Rice began classes with the goal of becoming a concert pianist.

with:

At age 15, Rice began classes with the goal of becoming a concert penis.

On George W. Bush, 199.181.174.146 (The New York Times) added:

jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk

(I assume that's a clever ploy to boost the President's ranking in the results for search keyword "jerk".)

On Rush Limbaugh, 192.43.248.17 (Democratic Party) replaced:

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is a popular American entertainer and radio talk show host. A commentator with a conservative point of view, he discusses politics and current events on his show, The Rush Limbaugh Show. For over 17 years (and continuing as of 2005), Rush Limbaugh has an audience estimated between 13.75 and 20 million listeners weekly according to the Arbitron ratings surveys, the largest radio talk show audience in the United States.

with:

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is an idiotic American entertainer and radio talk show host. A commentator with a ridiculous point of view, he discusses politics and current events on his show, The Rush Limbaugh Show. For over 17 years (and continuing as of 2005), Rush Limbaugh has an audience estimated between 13.75 and 20 million listeners weekly according to the Arbitron ratings surveys, the largest radio talk show audience in the United States. Most of them are legally retarded.

and...

Rush Limbaugh is as much a political symbol as he is a broadcaster, comedian, and political satirist.

with:

Rush Limbaugh is as much a political symbol as he is a broadcaster, racist, bigot, jerkoff, comedian, and political satirist.

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Update:  This is fun.

On George W. Bush, 156.33.43.214 (U.S. Senate) added:

GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT TO SLEEP IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

Five minutes earlier (this was about 2 years ago), a user from the same Senate IP edited Senator Robert Byrd's page, replacing the section on Byrd's KKK membership with:

ROBER (sic) LIVES! LONG LIVE DA BIG BYRD!

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Update:  Ohh-mmmh... Instalanche.  Oh, that feels nice.  Took just over two years, but that's worth the wait.  Yes, yes, that'll work fine. 

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All the News That's Fit To Edit Anonymously Using Naughty Words

Via Little Green Footballs, a Caltech grad student has built an intriguing Wikipedia tool that allows users to search for article edits made by users from known IP addresses.

I poked around for about 10 minutes and found the following:

On Condoleezza Rice, 199.181.174.146 (The New York Times) replaced:

At age 15, Rice began classes with the goal of becoming a concert pianist.

with:

At age 15, Rice began classes with the goal of becoming a concert penis.

On George W. Bush, 199.181.174.146 (The New York Times) added:

jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk

(I assume that's a clever ploy to boost the President's ranking in the results for search keyword "jerk".)

On Rush Limbaugh, 192.43.248.17 (Democratic Party) replaced:

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is a popular American entertainer and radio talk show host. A commentator with a conservative point of view, he discusses politics and current events on his show, The Rush Limbaugh Show. For over 17 years (and continuing as of 2005), Rush Limbaugh has an audience estimated between 13.75 and 20 million listeners weekly according to the Arbitron ratings surveys, the largest radio talk show audience in the United States.

with:

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is an idiotic American entertainer and radio talk show host. A commentator with a ridiculous point of view, he discusses politics and current events on his show, The Rush Limbaugh Show. For over 17 years (and continuing as of 2005), Rush Limbaugh has an audience estimated between 13.75 and 20 million listeners weekly according to the Arbitron ratings surveys, the largest radio talk show audience in the United States. Most of them are legally retarded.

and...

Rush Limbaugh is as much a political symbol as he is a broadcaster, comedian, and political satirist.

with:

Rush Limbaugh is as much a political symbol as he is a broadcaster, racist, bigot, jerkoff, comedian, and political satirist.

---

Update:  This is fun.

On George W. Bush, 156.33.43.214 (U.S. Senate) added:

GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT TO SLEEP IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

Five minutes earlier (this was about 2 years ago), a user from the same Senate IP edited Senator Robert Byrd's page, replacing the section on Byrd's KKK membership with:

ROBER (sic) LIVES! LONG LIVE DA BIG BYRD!

---

Update:  Ohh-mmmh... Instalanche.  Oh, that feels nice.  Took just over two years, but that's worth the wait.  Yes, yes, that'll work fine.