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| Vatican computer 'edited Adams page' | Vatican computer 'edited Adams page' |
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| A new internet tool shows how a Vatican computer was used to edit a web entry about Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, American researchers have claimed. | A new internet tool shows how a Vatican computer was used to edit a web entry about Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, American researchers have claimed. |
| Wikipedia Scanner developers said they could trace where changes to the online encyclopaedia had been made. | |
| They said news reports alleging Mr Adams's fingerprints and handprints were found on a car used during a double murder in 1971 were removed. | They said news reports alleging Mr Adams's fingerprints and handprints were found on a car used during a double murder in 1971 were removed. |
| Sinn Fein said it was calling for more stringent regulation of the internet. | Sinn Fein said it was calling for more stringent regulation of the internet. |
| The Wikipedia edit removed links to newspaper stories written in 2006 about Mr Adams' fingerprints and handprints, the researchers said. | The Wikipedia edit removed links to newspaper stories written in 2006 about Mr Adams' fingerprints and handprints, the researchers said. |
| And a section, titled "Fresh murder question raised", has also been deleted from the online encyclopaedia. | And a section, titled "Fresh murder question raised", has also been deleted from the online encyclopaedia. |
| The page now says it is "currently protected from editing until August 17, 2007 or until disputes have been resolved". | The page now says it is "currently protected from editing until August 17, 2007 or until disputes have been resolved". |
| Experts say it may not even have been anyone at the Vatican who made the changes. | Experts say it may not even have been anyone at the Vatican who made the changes. |
| Dr Kevin Curran, a computer expert at the University of Ulster, said: "Either you were using their computer and you are an employee, or you had maliciously hacked, spoofing the IP address and having people believing that you were using their network. | Dr Kevin Curran, a computer expert at the University of Ulster, said: "Either you were using their computer and you are an employee, or you had maliciously hacked, spoofing the IP address and having people believing that you were using their network. |
| "But nine times out of 10, we can almost say that yes, an employee of that company or organisation has been making the changes." | "But nine times out of 10, we can almost say that yes, an employee of that company or organisation has been making the changes." |
| THE EDITORS' BLOG When BBC staff edit Wikipedia, they should not bring the BBC into disrepute Pete Clifton,BBC head of interactive news Read Pete's comments in full | THE EDITORS' BLOG When BBC staff edit Wikipedia, they should not bring the BBC into disrepute Pete Clifton,BBC head of interactive news Read Pete's comments in full |
| Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia that can be created and edited by anyone. | Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia that can be created and edited by anyone. |
| Wikipedia Scanner trawls a list of 5.3m edits and matches them to the net address of the editor. | Wikipedia Scanner trawls a list of 5.3m edits and matches them to the net address of the editor. |
| As well as computers at the Vatican, the tool reveals that terminals at the CIA were used to edit entries. | |
| It allegedly shows that workers on the agency's computers made edits to the page of Iran's president. | It allegedly shows that workers on the agency's computers made edits to the page of Iran's president. |
| BBC News website users contacted the corporation to point out that the tool also revealed that people inside the BBC had made edits to Wikipedia pages. | BBC News website users contacted the corporation to point out that the tool also revealed that people inside the BBC had made edits to Wikipedia pages. |