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<div class="messagebox merge"><!--PNG images containing transparencies do not display properly for some users. Please consider this fact before replacing the already tiny GIF file.-->[[Image:Merge-arrow.gif|left]] It has been suggested that this article or section be [[Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages|merged]] into ''[[:{{NAMESPACE}}:John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy|John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy]]''. ([[{{{2|:{{NAMESPACE}} talk:John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy#Another merge suggestion}}}|Discuss]])</div>[[Category:Articles to be merged|{{PAGENAME}} (into John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy)]] |
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'''Brian Chase''' (born circa [[1967]]) is a [[United States]] citizen who posted false information on [[Wikipedia]], which led to the [[John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy|John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy]]. |
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<ref name=NYTSeigenthaler>Seelye, Katharine Q ([[December 11]], [[2005]]). [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/business/media/11web.html A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Wikipedia Prank]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. |
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Chase was the [[operations management|operations manager]] of Rush Delivery in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] when he anonymously posted to ''Wikipedia'' from his employer's [[IP address]] on [[May 26]], [[2005]]. His post stated that [[John Seigenthaler Sr.]], a former editor of ''[[The Tennessean]]'' in Nashville, was believed to have been involved in the assassinations of both [[John F. Kennedy|John]] and [[Robert F. Kennedy|Robert Kennedy]] and had lived in the [[Soviet Union]] for several years. The article remained unedited for several months until Seigenthaler was made aware of the article and subsequently criticized ''Wikipedia'' in several media outlets. |
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Chase learned of the effect of his post through the news. Meanwhile, the IP address he had used was traced back to his company by [[Daniel Brandt]], a commentator regarding privacy issues and the World Wide Web and a critic of ''Wikipedia''. Chase resigned from Rush Delivery on [[9 December]] and delivered a handwritten apology that day to Seigenthaler. Chase said he had done it as a joke to shock a colleague, after he had found out anyone could edit ''Wikipedia''; he thought that it was a "gag" web site. <ref name=NYTSeigenthaler/> Seigenthaler encouraged Chase's boss to not accept his resignation. |
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== Notes == |
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==Sources== |
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* Page, Susan ([[December 11]] [[2005]]). [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-12-11-wikipedia-apology_x.htm "Author apologizes for fake Wikipedia biography"], ''USA Today''. Retrieved [[December 12]] [[2005]]. |
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* Mielczarek, Natalia ([[December 11]] [[2005]]). [http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051211/NEWS01/512110366/1006/NEWS Fake online biography created as 'joke'] ''The Tennessean''. |
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* Brandt, Daniel ([[December 5]] [[2005]]). [http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/usatoday.html Reports of the incident and discovery of Brian Chase] via wikipedia-watch.org. Retrieved [[December 11]] [[2005]]. |
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* Terdiman, Daniel ([[December 15]] [[2005]]). [http://news.com.com/In+search+of+the+Wikipedia+prankster/2008-1029_3-5995977.html?tag=nefd.lede "Newsmaker: In search of the Wikipedia prankster"] ''C|Net News.com''. Retrieved [[December 15]] [[2005]]. |
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* [[BBC]], ([[December 12]] [[2005]]) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4520678.stm "Wikipedia joker eats humble pie"]. |
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[[Category:1967 births|Chase, Brian]] |
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[[Category:Living people|Chase, Brian]] |
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[[Category:Hoaxes|Chase, Brian]] |
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[[Category:Nashvillians|Chase, Brian]] |
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[[Category:Wikipedia|Chase, Brian]] |
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