wikiscanner
Yesterday’s NY Times informs readers of an interesting website, wikiscanner, which returns the DNS-registered owner of the computer or network used to perform edits on Wikipedia entries.
As the Times notes, “Internet users have spotted plenty of interesting changes to Wikipedia by people at nonprofit and government entities like the Central Intelligence Agency. Many of the most obviously self-interested edits have come from corporate networks.”
What a great idea. The site was originally reported by Wired News…check it out!