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Sep 04 2007 12:00am EDT

Rupert, Sony, and other Wikipedia Editing Tricks

Ever since WikiScanner's debut, lots of fun stuff has come out about sneaky little edits to Wikipedia entries.

Today, Gawker notices that Rupert Murdoch minions dove in and helped "improve" the entry about Murdoch's wife, Wendi Deng.

Someone from Sony doctored the entry on Halo 3. An Aramark employee has been editing sections about the company's corporate malfeasance. And, most amazingly, the Dutch royal family has attempted to alter the entry on the nation's Princess Mabel. And we didn't even know there WAS a Princess Mabel.

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