Government buffing Prentice's Wikipedia entry

[CHIMO]

The government has been editing Minister of Industry Jim Prentice's Wikipedia entry, removing mentions of the recent copyright-reform controversy and hailing the minister as personifying "experience, confidence and competence, ability and capability."

The edits, discovered by University of Ottawa internet law professor Michael Geist — a vocal opponent of Prentice's pending copyright legislation — have been anonymously made over the past week with several attempts to remove criticisms of a bill the minister is expected to table before Parliament breaks for its summer session some time over the next few weeks.

Geist, who was tipped off by a reader of his blog, tracked the IP address of the person or persons making most of the edits back to Industry Canada. A spokesperson for Prentice did not immediately return a request for comment.

The Wikipedia website allows anyone to edit an entry, which allows for incorrect information — or opinionated views — to be added. The site's open architecture provides a way for incorrect information and opinions to slowly be filtered out as additional users add to or remove from entries.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/04/tech-prentice.html

[daleo]

1. Cabinet shuffle coming up?

Prentice has been getting a lot of favorable press.

[HeresyLives]

2. Prentice is also a possible

leadership contender. :rofl:

[daleo]

3. Yes, that must give Harper pause

His best cabinet minister might just stab him in the back. That's a subject Harper knows a little bit about.

[TaffyMoon]

4. God I hate these people.