Tag archive: Jay Walsh

Following in the footsteps of Bill & Ted or Marty McFly, Sarah Palin supporters have decided to change the past and they're using Wikipedia as their flux capacitor. Last week the former Alaskan governor made an inaccurate comment about Paul Revere's iconic ride through Boston. According to her, Paul Revere rode and rang his bell, proclaiming to the British that the colonials were ready to fight. However, the accurate version… Read More

A row is brewing over the decision by a number of British ISPs to ban a Wikipedia page showing a picture of a naked girl. The ISPs blocked the page after the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) warned them that the page might be illegal, according to the BBC. So what’s the picture behind all this? It’s the cover of an album – not named, but presumably Virgin Killer, which shows a young, naked girl – by German metal band… Read More

The BBC has reported that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has been accused by Jeffrey Merkey, the former chief scientist at Novell, of agreeing to editMerkey’s Wikipedia page in exchange for a $5,000 donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. On a mailing list, Merkey published as statement he’dreleased to AP. "Wales agreed that in exchange for a substantial donation and other financial support of the Wikimedia Foundation projects,… Read More