Comments on: Wikipedia, AstraZeneca and Seroquel http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/ The Experimental Chimp is a depressive, sleep-inhibited monkey currently moving through the delightful UK mental health system. Will he get the help he really needs or will the doctors fail him? Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:36:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Gabriel... http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22457 Gabriel... Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:42:23 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22457 I Wikihit you not. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/08/16/tech-wikiscanner070816.html?ref=rss I Wikihit you not.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/08/16/tech-wikiscanner070816.html?ref=rss

]]> By: experimental chimp http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22454 experimental chimp Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:28:30 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22454 You're Wikidding? You’re Wikidding?

]]> By: Gabriel... http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22453 Gabriel... Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:21:17 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22453 There was a news thingee just a few days ago... politicians in Wikianada and Wikimerica have been locked in WikiBattles ever since Wiki was Wikiduced to the Wikiublic. Since Wiki was basically Wikinonymous there was no Wikiroof. But once WikiScanner came online all the WikiWars were Wikiposed. All of the Wikichanges were being made from inside the Wikiovernments offices. Sometimes thousands of Wikichanges to a single Wikipost in a matter of Wikinutes. Astroturfing is wicked cool as a PR tool... it's something we used to joke about back in 2000 when I was working for an agency. There was a news thingee just a few days ago… politicians in Wikianada and Wikimerica have been locked in WikiBattles ever since Wiki was Wikiduced to the Wikiublic. Since Wiki was basically Wikinonymous there was no Wikiroof. But once WikiScanner came online all the WikiWars were Wikiposed. All of the Wikichanges were being made from inside the Wikiovernments offices. Sometimes thousands of Wikichanges to a single Wikipost in a matter of Wikinutes.

Astroturfing is wicked cool as a PR tool… it’s something we used to joke about back in 2000 when I was working for an agency.

]]> By: experimental chimp http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22444 experimental chimp Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:10:06 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22444 Gabriel: The thing is, anyone smart is presumably already employing people to do this kind of thing (along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing" rel="nofollow">astroturfing</a> and so on. I'm fairly sure that many large pharmaceutical companies do this anyway. So what we're picking up here are the idiots. It's always been possible to trace these edits, wikiscanner just does it on a massive scale. Gabriel: The thing is, anyone smart is presumably already employing people to do this kind of thing (along with astroturfing and so on. I’m fairly sure that many large pharmaceutical companies do this anyway.

So what we’re picking up here are the idiots. It’s always been possible to trace these edits, wikiscanner just does it on a massive scale.

]]> By: Gabriel... http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22410 Gabriel... Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:50:12 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22410 Wikiscanner is going to be an interesting tool right up to the point -- I'd say next week -- where the Black Hats remember there's a thing called "an Internet Cafe". Wikiscanner is going to be an interesting tool right up to the point — I’d say next week — where the Black Hats remember there’s a thing called “an Internet Cafe”.

]]> By: eleanor http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22294 eleanor Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:47:19 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22294 ah yes, thanks ah yes, thanks

]]> By: AstraZeneca and Wikipedia: More Edits Uncovered « Experimental Chimp http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22120 AstraZeneca and Wikipedia: More Edits Uncovered « Experimental Chimp Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:17:24 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22120 [...] 17, 2007 So the AstraZeneca edits to Seroquel page on Wikipedia have become a controversy. Turns out there’s more, covering a large number of antipsychotics. [...] [...] 17, 2007 So the AstraZeneca edits to Seroquel page on Wikipedia have become a controversy. Turns out there’s more, covering a large number of antipsychotics. [...]

]]> By: experimental chimp http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22110 experimental chimp Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:22:40 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22110 Eleanor: This has become fairly significant news now. See: <a href="http://wired.reddit.com/wikidgame/" rel="nofollow">Wired's list of interesting edits</a>. I think someone independently discovered the seroquel edit and added it to the list. The Times Online have a report about this (and other edits) <a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2267778.ece" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Eleanor: This has become fairly significant news now. See: Wired’s list of interesting edits.

I think someone independently discovered the seroquel edit and added it to the list. The Times Online have a report about this (and other edits) here.

]]> By: eleanor http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22092 eleanor Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:20:38 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22092 Are you keeping a good record of what you find? It'd be really interesting to have somewhere which records these sort of edits, as it's so crucial to the neutrality of important pages like these Are you keeping a good record of what you find? It’d be really interesting to have somewhere which records these sort of edits, as it’s so crucial to the neutrality of important pages like these

]]> By: Sid http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22031 Sid Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:22:31 +0000 http://experimentalchimp.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/wikipedia-astrazeneca-and-seroquel/#comment-22031 Linked over here from someone elses site. I don't "wiki" much and have never looked up any of the meds I've taken on that site, but it is scary to think that information about medications is being edited by the pharma companies. I see a major conflict of interest in that. Hopefully someone else will go back and provide the FULL information, not the sterilized version that big pharma is hoping we'll believe and not question. Linked over here from someone elses site. I don’t “wiki” much and have never looked up any of the meds I’ve taken on that site, but it is scary to think that information about medications is being edited by the pharma companies. I see a major conflict of interest in that. Hopefully someone else will go back and provide the FULL information, not the sterilized version that big pharma is hoping we’ll believe and not question.

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