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From Freeper JustLurking

I’ve found a few interesting things. Draw your own conclusions.

* The anonymous contributions from 69.64.213.146 to Wikipedia.
* The contributions from Eleemosynary to Wikipedia.
* The anonymous contributions from 69.64.213.146 to Wikiquote.

Note that the bogus quotes were posted to Wikiquotes, not Wikipedia.

This is when the bogus quotes were first inserted in June, 2005:

http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Rush_Limbaugh&diff=prev&oldid=90990

And after a couple of reverts and restores, it appears to be removed here in October, 2005:

http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Rush_Limbaugh&diff=next&oldid=112347

The quotes stay gone until they are added here in January, 2008:

http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Rush_Limbaugh&diff=prev&oldid=653276

The previous quotes were dated, but unsourced. This time, the quotes are sourced to a book. However, it’s from a different IP address: 69.86.228.202

OK, here’s where it gets interesting. Someone posted this:

http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:69.86.228.202&direction=prev&oldid=634575

An editor has expressed concern that this IP address has been used by Eleemosynary - suspected via BLP reverts at Rush Limbaugh page. POV edit warrior with multi-ban history for edit warring.

Now, page through the later versions of this page, by clicking on “Newer version”. It goes through several iterations of posting this claim, then having it deleted. And it’s deleted by an anonymous user at both 69.86.228.202 and 69.64.213.146 (the address that made the original entry).

There’s a similar set of entries on the user page for 69.64.213.146:

http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:69.64.213.146&direction=prev&oldid=634576

And as with the other IP address, both 69.86.228.202 and 69.64.213.146 are used to repeatedly blank out the accusation.

That pair of IP addresses also shows up elsewhere:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Fox_News_Channel

But, 69.86.228.202 hasn’t been blocked from Wikipedia. If Eleemosynary was using that IP address, he/she was careful to avoid making changes to Wikipedia from that address while logged in — PMCU doesn’t list it as an IP address for Eleemosynary.

I could find only one anonymous change to Wikipedia from 69.86.228.202 — to Matt Sanchez. But it’s interesting if you start with this revision:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Sanchez&diff=next&oldid=194348004

Now, click on “Next Edit” several times, and you’ll notice an edit war between Eleemosynary and SatyrTN over whether Matt is a “writer” or a “blogger”. During one of the reverts, someone anonymously reverted to “blogger” (Eleemosynary’s position) from 69.86.228.202.

I think someone should check into the origin of 69.86.228.202. It “belongs” to Earthlink:

EarthLink, Inc. ERLK-CBL-TW-NYC (NET-69-86-0-0-1)
69.86.0.0 - 69.86.255.255
EARTHLINK,INC ERLK-TW-NYC31 (NET-69-86-224-0-1)
69.86.224.0 - 69.86.231.255

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2363558%2C111

UPDATE from JustLurking

Interestingly, Rush’s page at WikiQuotes cannot currently be edited.

It’s in “semi-protected” stage for a week, starting 2009-10-14:

Semi-protection prevents editing by unregistered contributions and contributors with accounts which are not autoconfirmed.

It looks like his Wikipedia page is in a similar mode.

This is common for pages that suddenly experience a surge of interest due to external events, because it usually results in anonymous “vandalism”.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2363558/posts?page=140#140