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Wikipedia blocks US Congress from making changes following ‘disruptive editing’

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By Ishbel Macleod, PR and social media consultant

July 26, 2014 | 1 min read

Wikipedia has issued a 10-day block on anyone from the US House of Representatives making page edits, following a series of changes, including suggestions that US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld was “an alien lizard” who “eats Mexican babies”.

The changes, which were brought to light by @congressedits, also saw Ukrainian politician Nataliya Vitrenko called a "Russian puppet", and JFK’s assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald described as being "on behalf of the regime of Fidel Castro".

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told the BBC: "Maybe someone at the House of Representatives better think about their IT staff - they might be hunting them down this very moment."

One member of the House said that the ban was due to the actions “of two or three”.

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