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Re: Wikipedia gets binged

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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Monday 15 June 2009 19:07 : \____

>    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/03/bing_and_wikipedia/
> 
>    Microsoft Bing rehosts Wikifiddling as 'Reference' material
> 
>    But you're not actually transported to a Wikipedia page. You're
>    transported to a reproduction of a Wikipedia page on Microsoft's own
>    site, where it's labeled as "Reference" material.
> 
>    http://www.robweir.com/blog/2009/06/odf-lies-and-whispers.html
> 
>    (They then link to Alex Brown's comment from Wikipedia). I think this
>    demonstrates the triangle-trade relationship among Microsoft, Alex Brown
>    (and other bloggers) and Wikipedia, by which Microsoft FUD is laundered
>    via intermediaries to Wikipedia for later reference as newly minted
>    "facts".

I've kept very good track of all their Wikipedia manipulations. After the post
from Weir they got scared and ran away.

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