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==United Kingdom Parliament==
==United Kingdom Parliament==
In March 2012, a British non-profit journalism organization called the [[Bureau of Investigative Journalism]] uncovered that members of the UK Parliament or their staff had made almost 10,000 edits to Wikipedia, and that almost one in six members of Parliament had had their Wikipedia article edited from IP addresses tracing back to Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|author=Wikipedia |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9132758/MPs-Wikipedia-pages-changed-from-inside-Parliament.html |title=MPs Wikipedia pages 'changed from inside Parliament' |publisher=Telegraph |date=March 9, 2012|accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref> Many of the edits removed unflattering details from during the controversy over parliamentary expense accounts.<ref name=bureauuk>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/03/09/wikipedia-bob-crow-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-notable-djs/ |title=Wikipedia: ‘Bob Crow, The Lord of the Rings and Notable DJs’: TBIJ |publisher=Thebureauinvestigates.com |accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Eddie Wrenn |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112616/MPs-staff-make-10-000-changes-Wikipedia-pages-bid-hide-embarrassing-information.html |title=MPs and their staff make 10,000 changes to Wikipedia pages in bid to hide embarrassing information | Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=March 9, 2012 |accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref>
In March 2012, a British non-profit journalism organization called the [[Bureau of Investigative Journalism]] uncovered that members of the UK Parliament or their staff had made almost 10,000 edits to Wikipedia, and that almost one in six members of Parliament had had their Wikipedia article edited from IP addresses tracing back to Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|author=Wikipedia |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9132758/MPs-Wikipedia-pages-changed-from-inside-Parliament.html |title=MPs Wikipedia pages 'changed from inside Parliament' |publisher=Telegraph |date=March 9, 2012|accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref> Many of the edits removed unflattering details from during the controversy over parliamentary expense accounts.<ref name=bureauuk>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/03/09/wikipedia-bob-crow-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-notable-djs/ |title=Wikipedia: ‘Bob Crow, The Lord of the Rings and Notable DJs’: TBIJ |publisher=Thebureauinvestigates.com |accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Eddie Wrenn |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112616/MPs-staff-make-10-000-changes-Wikipedia-pages-bid-hide-embarrassing-information.html |title=MPs and their staff make 10,000 changes to Wikipedia pages in bid to hide embarrassing information | Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=March 9, 2012 |accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref>
==Vonage==
In January 2012, four new editors registered with Wikipedia and started to make edits only on the Vonage article<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vonage&diff=475805081&oldid=469974275</ref> removing unfavorable facts and adding promotional materials. This was noticed by a Reddit user,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/115vum/did_vonage_try_to_sterilize_its_wikipedia_article/|title=Did Vonage try to sterilize its Wikipedia article?|accessdate=October 11, 2012|date=October 9, 2012}}</ref> which was then cited on the Wikipedia article's talk page. Although the biased edits made by users with names like "VonageAdmin" are now being cleaned-up, the edits persisted for ten months.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedia-whitewash-wikipedia-911-ipo/|work=Daily Dot|title=
Did Vonage attempt to whitewash its Wikipedia page?|date=October 9, 2012|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}</ref>
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