Cable Forum - View Single Post - General Election 2015: Voting intentions & general discussion

**Chris** · 22-04-2015, 08:44

Always ask: qui bono?

Wikipedia monitors these things. You think the mods and admins here can be anal? There are few more pompous and power crazed than a Wikipedian with admin access. They are zealous at this stuff. This was always going to be uncovered. It would have been plain stupid for the Tories to even try.

It has, by apparent coincidence, been uncovered right in the middle of the election campaign. At the very least, that puts Labour in the frame for nudging Wikipedia in the direction of these edits at this time.

However, unless someone in Conservative Central Office has been privateering, or otherwise operating a spectacularly stupid, ill-advised and naive online campaign, you have to admit that Labour benefits from making these edits and then flagging them up, while the Tories don't benefit from making edits that would inevitably have been discovered in due course.

22-04-2015, 08:44	#109
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,583	Re: General Election 2015: Voting intentions & general discussion Always ask: qui bono? Wikipedia monitors these things. You think the mods and admins here can be anal? There are few more pompous and power crazed than a Wikipedian with admin access. They are zealous at this stuff. This was always going to be uncovered. It would have been plain stupid for the Tories to even try. It has, by apparent coincidence, been uncovered right in the middle of the election campaign. At the very least, that puts Labour in the frame for nudging Wikipedia in the direction of these edits at this time. However, unless someone in Conservative Central Office has been privateering, or otherwise operating a spectacularly stupid, ill-advised and naive online campaign, you have to admit that Labour benefits from making these edits and then flagging them up, while the Tories don't benefit from making edits that would inevitably have been discovered in due course.