Denied! Wikipedia Blocks Edits from US Congress
Jul 25, 2014 01:25 PM ET
Wikipedia has blocked editing rights from some computers at the US House of Representatives in response to "disruptive" revisions of the online encyclopedia. A 10-day ban imposed Thursday blocked any editing from an IP address at the US Capitol, which is shared among a number of computers.
"You have been blocked from editing for a period of 10 days for persistent disruptive editing," a Wikipedia posting said.
The move came after unusual revisions were pointed out by Twitter account @congressedits, which describes itself as "a bot that tweets anonymous Wikipedia edits that are made from IP addresses in the US Congress."
The account was created by a software developer named Ed Summers.
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