NYPD caught editing Wiki pages of cop victims

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/03/8563947/edits-wikipedia-pages-bell-garner-diallo-traced-1-police-plaza

The NYPD's computer system has been caught editing Wikipedia pages relating to major incidents involving police, such as the Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo and Eric Garner altercations, as well as NYPD scandals, and prominent political and police leadership in the City.

Amazingly, Police Issues were not the only things the NYPD tried to whitewash on Wikipedia, with additional edits ranging from the History of Zimbabwe, to former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, to Singer Barry Manilow.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mcnQZaZCYSYYG0-_uU4i1Fczvj7gn_GkiPjxcdnneRU/preview?sle=true
The Directly above is a log of all edits made by the NYPD computer system.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

disgusting.

[Mr. Smith]

disgusting.

Obvious understatement is obvious understatement.

Somehow, this doesn't surprise me.

[Badger]

People accessing the internet at work? Horrors!

[BaconBacon96]

This is an increasingly common occurrence nowadays. The Russian government was caught editing the MH17 wiki page shortly after it's shoot down.

Still terrible, of course.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Let the sanitization of police brutality begin!  Because we know that the NYPD is the target of a witch hunt.

[publicunofficial]

NYPD are Scum, Part XXV

[Badger]

People accessing the internet at work? Horrors!

In case I wasn't clear, these edits were the work of individual NYPD employees fooling around on their work computers, not an organized Department-wide propaganda program.

There were 85 NYPD IP addresses linked to Wikipedia edits. As the article notes, only a relatively small number of edits about police incidents were made. So realistically we're talking about how many cops making these re-writes? 2-3? Maybe half a dozen? We're almost surely at least within single digits.

That's out of a total force of 50,000, who are now apparently all "scum". Nothing like painting an entire community for the misdeeds of a view. Odd that the same posters who so assiduously argue that point in other contexts see no problem ignoring the precept when it comes to cops.

[Ban my account ffs!]

People accessing the internet at work? Horrors!

In case I wasn't clear, these edits were the work of individual NYPD employees fooling around on their work computers, not an organized Department-wide propaganda program.

There were 85 NYPD IP addresses linked to Wikipedia edits. As the article notes, only a relatively small number of edits about police incidents were made. So realistically we're talking about how many cops making these re-writes? 2-3? Maybe half a dozen? We're almost surely at least within single digits.

That's out of a total force of 50,000, who are now apparently all "scum". Nothing like painting an entire community for the misdeeds of a view. Odd that the same posters who so assiduously argue that point in other contexts see no problem ignoring the precept when it comes to cops.

You're very generous to point out that it only takes a few people to make the 'correct' changes on wikipedia.

[Lief 🗽]

If NYPD officers have time to edit Wikipedia while on the job, then clearly there is not enough real work for them and we should start the mass firings ASAP.

[publicunofficial]

People accessing the internet at work? Horrors!

In case I wasn't clear, these edits were the work of individual NYPD employees fooling around on their work computers, not an organized Department-wide propaganda program.

There were 85 NYPD IP addresses linked to Wikipedia edits. As the article notes, only a relatively small number of edits about police incidents were made. So realistically we're talking about how many cops making these re-writes? 2-3? Maybe half a dozen? We're almost surely at least within single digits.

That's out of a total force of 50,000, who are now apparently all "scum". Nothing like painting an entire community for the misdeeds of a view. Odd that the same posters who so assiduously argue that point in other contexts see no problem ignoring the precept when it comes to cops.

To be fair, there are many more reasons of greater importance why I think NYPD are scum

[Associate Justice PiT]

People accessing the internet at work? Horrors!

In case I wasn't clear, these edits were the work of individual NYPD employees fooling around on their work computers, not an organized Department-wide propaganda program.

There were 85 NYPD IP addresses linked to Wikipedia edits. As the article notes, only a relatively small number of edits about police incidents were made. So realistically we're talking about how many cops making these re-writes? 2-3? Maybe half a dozen? We're almost surely at least within single digits.

That's out of a total force of 50,000, who are now apparently all "scum". Nothing like painting an entire community for the misdeeds of a view. Odd that the same posters who so assiduously argue that point in other contexts see no problem ignoring the precept when it comes to cops.

     Yeah, I was thinking the same thing; that it is probably the work of individual employees. For the "amazingly" in the OP to work, you have to just skip that and immediately think "massive conspiracy".

[NewYorkExpress]

People accessing the internet at work? Horrors!

In case I wasn't clear, these edits were the work of individual NYPD employees fooling around on their work computers, not an organized Department-wide propaganda program.

There were 85 NYPD IP addresses linked to Wikipedia edits. As the article notes, only a relatively small number of edits about police incidents were made. So realistically we're talking about how many cops making these re-writes? 2-3? Maybe half a dozen? We're almost surely at least within single digits.

That's out of a total force of 50,000, who are now apparently all "scum". Nothing like painting an entire community for the misdeeds of a view. Odd that the same posters who so assiduously argue that point in other contexts see no problem ignoring the precept when it comes to cops.

     Yeah, I was thinking the same thing; that it is probably the work of individual employees. For the "amazingly" in the OP to work, you have to just skip that and immediately think "massive conspiracy".

The amazingly was intended as an expression of the scale of the topics edited, not the number of people doing the editing.

[Associate Justice PiT]

People accessing the internet at work? Horrors!

In case I wasn't clear, these edits were the work of individual NYPD employees fooling around on their work computers, not an organized Department-wide propaganda program.

There were 85 NYPD IP addresses linked to Wikipedia edits. As the article notes, only a relatively small number of edits about police incidents were made. So realistically we're talking about how many cops making these re-writes? 2-3? Maybe half a dozen? We're almost surely at least within single digits.

That's out of a total force of 50,000, who are now apparently all "scum". Nothing like painting an entire community for the misdeeds of a view. Odd that the same posters who so assiduously argue that point in other contexts see no problem ignoring the precept when it comes to cops.

     Yeah, I was thinking the same thing; that it is probably the work of individual employees. For the "amazingly" in the OP to work, you have to just skip that and immediately think "massive conspiracy".

The amazingly was intended as an expression of the scale of the topics edited, not the number of people doing the editing.

     It's amazing that, out of 50,000 people, one was interested in editing [insert random public figure]'s wiki page, and that this held for a variety of different public figures? You evidently have a different standard for amazement than I do.

[Badger]

If NYPD officers have time to edit Wikipedia while on the job, then clearly there is not enough real work for them and we should start the mass firings ASAP.

And we should start with your neighborhood's patrol I assume? Reduce police coverage there to at/near zero, and I'm sure problems will disappear.



(Not that I'm defending the handful of NYPD wastrels blowing taxpayer time on the job like that).