Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-08-20/WikiScanner

Rageross: you did a great job on this incredibly wide-scope story here. Way to go. --Thespian 17:08, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, good report. The story also got a fairly large article in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen[1] on the 17th, with commentary from the Belgian Foundation spokesperson. So not only English language media are interested in this! Fram 14:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Maybe Jung is right. The young destroy. When they grow up they create and give back. I regard Wikiscanner as irresponsible to say the least, but of course these Hackers will do anything to prove their intelligence, but not their social intelligence. DJ Barney 23:15, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Irresponsible? How so? It's very valuable for teaching organizations not to attempt to use Wikipedia as a PR management tool, except in responsible ways. It's definitely good for Wikipedia and its future integrity.--ragesoss 23:51, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

The Wikiscanner jump page includes preloaded searches, and I believe when I first looked at it Fox News was at or near the top of the right column. Which may explain why it was so prominently mentioned in the early coverage despite a rather innocuous edit history. Given that Griffith is quoted as saying he wanted to "create minor public relations disasters for companies and organizations I dislike" I'm interested in knowing if early versions of the WikiScanner page are archived anywhere. Anyone? Andyvphil 12:00, 27 August 2007 (UTC)