<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(David86 @ Sep 17 2007, 03:41 PM) [snapback]311413[/snapback]</div>
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So, what are the consequences of their actions?
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For the moment, only having to bear a badge of shame on the subject within their own Wikipedia article.
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but weren't they somehow violating the copyright of the user that wrote the article before them? i mean they edited authors work without the authors permission. i know it's not uncommon in Wiki, but it doesn't go with the ethics they are trying to advertise.[/b]
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Thing is, copyrights in that meaning do not apply to the content of Wikipedia articles (which is under a public license, IIRC). What they were violating was the neutrality of the article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:COI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NPOV