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Jim Lane

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5. The information has been restored and the page has been semi-protected

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Fri May 19, 2017, 05:07 AM

May 2017

The vandalism was done by anonymous IP's, i.e., people who were not registered Wikipedians. The semi-protection means that anons and very recently registered users won't be able to edit the page.

IOW, while some people are tweeting and getting all upset, the Wikipedia volunteers are going about the business of maintaining and improving the encyclopedia.

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Someone removed trump from Lieberman clients on Wikipedia? [View all] L. Coyote May 2017 OP

More deception. Yet they kept ENRON. Notice that? The Wielding Truth May 2017 #1

Donald, you're even worse than ENRON ! OnDoutside May 2017 #4

Mens Rea flotsam May 2017 #2

Showing up as someone in Horton, Alabama. OnDoutside May 2017 #3

According to Freddie Douglas, it was Jefferson Davis. L. Coyote May 2017 #7

The information has been restored and the page has been semi-protected Jim Lane May 2017 #5

Good. The Wiki editors are pretty quick to catch malicious MineralMan May 2017 #8

Nothing to see here Achilleaze May 2017 #6