The Snowden wikipedia page is interesting.

[rug]

http://imgur.com/gallery/fFmtYL8

Look at the edit done on 20:53, 2 August 2013‎.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Snowden&offset=20130802222559&action=history

Look at the IP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:156.33.241.5

I saw this on imgur. If anyone with internet skills can explain it, I'd appreciate it.

[NYC_SKP]

1. This earlier DU thread on the matter should answer some questions.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023399160

IP addresses can be faked, I don't think we'll ever know.

[rug]

2. Thanks, I'll read through that thread.

[wandy]

3. Trying to look at that page it appears to be getting edited...........

every few minutes.
Looks like some folk found a new playground.
Sick.
Ain't much for Snowden.
Abhor censorship.

Still I think it would be a kindness if wici took the page down.
Sooner or later this will all sort out. Disrespect is not called for.

[rug]

4. It's fascinating to watch.

On the one hand, people are mucking with it. On the other hand, it's being corrected instantaneously.

All while the central issue of the firestorm is the control and use of the internet.

[wandy]

5. Ya know, I missed that. You're right, funny..........

Funny but wrong.

[rug]

6. What's wrong?

[wandy]

7. Ok, I'll try to explain........

It's misuse. It's turning something serious into a game.
By this I mean Wikipedia.
No their not always right but they are a good starting point.
I'll try to give you an example.

Do you know what a .M4A is?
Just start with Wikipedia.
Within a short time you will be able to tell me more than I needed to know about .M4A even if you didn't have a clue when this started.
Wikipedia is not for fun and games.

As to Mr. Snowden.
It doesn't matter if you think he is a hero or a villain, disrespect is never proper.
Yes I have my own opinion and it is neither of the above mentioned.

He is not the problem here. He has done his thing. We should start jumping on the NSA's tail and work for a resolve.

[rug]

9. Incorrect registry?

http://filext.com/file-extension/M4A

If I follow you (and I'm not sure I am), are you claiming the anonymity and impersonation is the problem? And that Wikipedia's format promotes this?

If you are, that's another topic altogether.

If it's not, I have no idea what is.

[wandy]

11. If you ask them every thing is incorrect regestry...........

Just send money, they'll not fix it.
The value of Wikipedia

.MP4 versus .M4A[edit source]

M4A stands for MPEG 4 Audio and is a filename extension used to represent audio files.

The existence of two different filename extensions, .MP4 and .M4A, for naming audio-only MP4 files has been a source of confusion among users and multimedia playback software. Some file managers, such as Windows Explorer, look up the media type and associated applications of a file based on its filename extension. But since MPEG-4 Part 14 is a container format, MPEG-4 files may contain any number of audio, video, and even subtitle streams, making it impossible to determine the type of streams in an MPEG-4 file based on its filename extension alone. In response, Apple Inc. started using and popularizing the .m4a filename extension, which is used for MP4 containers with audio data in the lossy Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) or its own lossless Apple Lossless (ALAC) formats. Software capable of audio/video playback should recognize files with either .m4a or .mp4 filename extensions, as would be expected, since there are no file format differences between the two. Most software capable of creating MPEG-4 audio will allow the user to choose the filename extension of the created MPEG-4 files.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14

anonymity, smanonymity tools that usefully shouldn't be turned into playgrounds.
Disrespect is never helpfully.

[backscatter712]

8. Wikipedia's got some defenses against defacings & malicious editing.

Normally, you have to work within the Wikipedia community and follow the norms to get enough cred to be allowed to edit really high-profile pages like the Snowden page.

If you're just some random douchebag (or a Congressional douchebag), or you've been outed as someone with a dishonest agenda, your changes will be reverted in microseconds.

[rug]

10. That's what I see. It has an uncanny ability to correct.