Incidentally, the “WikiScanner” software that Virgil Griffin (a close friend of Aaron Swartz, incidentally) developed to chase down bulk Wiki edits has been decommissioned and the site shut down. Virgil is currently serving out a 63 month sentence for the crime of traveling to North Korea to attend a tech summit.
Bad news, Wikipedia is no better when it comes to economic or political articles.
The fact that ADL is on Wikipedia’s “credible sources” page is all the proof you need.
See Who’s Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign
Incidentally, the “WikiScanner” software that Virgil Griffin (a close friend of Aaron Swartz, incidentally) developed to chase down bulk Wiki edits has been decommissioned and the site shut down. Virgil is currently serving out a 63 month sentence for the crime of traveling to North Korea to attend a tech summit.
Read into that what you will.